10-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the third quarterly period ended September 30, 2014.

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period from _____ to _____.  

Commission file number: 0-27824
SPAR Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	33-0684451
State of Incorporation	IRS Employer Identification No.
333 Westchester Avenue, South Building, Suite 204, White Plains, New York 10604
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (914) 332-4100

Indicate by check whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:  ☒ Yes    ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  ☒ Yes    ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. (See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "non-accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  ☐ Yes    ☒ No

On November 6, 2014, there were 20,556,554 shares of Common Stock outstanding. 

SPAR Group, Inc.

Index

PART I:  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1	Consolidated Financial Statements
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013	1
	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013	2
	Consolidated Statement of Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014	3
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013	4
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition, Results of Operations, Liquidity and Capital Resources	16
Item 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	23
Item 4	Controls and Procedures	24
PART II:  OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1	Legal Proceedings	25
Item 1A	Risk Factors	25
Item 2	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	25
Item 3	Defaults upon Senior Securities	25
Item 4	Mine Safety Disclosures	25
Item 5	Other Information	25
Item 6	Exhibits	26
SIGNATURES		27

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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share data) 

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(Unaudited)			(Note)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,622		$	2,814
Accounts receivable, net		21,844			21,734
Deferred income taxes		410			456
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		509			642
Total current assets		28,385			25,646
Property and equipment, net		2,238			2,032
Goodwill		1,800			1,800
Intangible assets, net		3,339			2,259
Deferred income taxes		1,900			1,900
Other assets		493			641
Total assets	$	38,155		$	34,278
Liabilities and equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	3,695		$	4,267
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		8,149			5,854
Accrued expenses due to affiliates		729			560
Customer deposits		490			673
Lines of credit		503			696
Total current liabilities		13,566			12,050
Long-term debt and other liabilities		4,120			3,672
Total liabilities		17,686			15,722
Commitments and Contingencies – See Note 10
Equity:
SPAR Group, Inc. equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value:
Authorized and available shares– 2,445,598 Issued and outstanding shares– None – September 30, 2014 and None – December 31, 2013		-			-
Common stock, $.01 par value:
Authorized shares – 47,000,000 Issued shares – 20,680,717 – September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013		207			207
Treasury stock, at cost 124,163 shares – September 30, 2014 and 181,931 shares – December 31, 2013		(188	)		(356	)
Additional paid-in capital		15,589			15,339
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(1,409	)		(1,031	)
Retained earnings		2,244			1,654
Total SPAR Group, Inc. equity		16,443			15,813
Non-controlling interest		4,026			2,743
Total Equity		20,469			18,556
Total liabilities and equity	$	38,155		$	34,278

Note: The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

(unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net revenues	$	31,009		$	27,753		$	89,969		$	80,152
Cost of revenues		23,703			21,228			68,733			61,252
Gross profit		7,306			6,525			21,236			18,900
Selling, general and administrative expense		6,329			5,747			18,522			16,900
Depreciation and amortization		430			388			1,260			1,097
Operating income		547			390			1,454			903
Interest expense		44			28			128			80
Other (income) expense, net		(89	)		(5	)		(202	)		(73	)
Income before provision for income taxes		592			367			1,528			896
Income tax expense (benefit)		21			(139	)		373			200
Income from continuing operations		571			506			1,155			696
Income from discontinued operations		-			17			-			98
Net income		571			523			1,155			794
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		(188	)		(192	)		(565	)		(550	)
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	383		$	331		$	590		$	244
Basic income per common share:
Continuing operations	$	0.02		$	0.02		$	0.03		$	0.01
Discontinued operations	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Diluted income per common share:
Continuing operations	$	0.02		$	0.02		$	0.03		$	0.01
Discontinued operations	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Weighted average common shares – basic		20,584			20,503			20,585			20,483
Weighted average common shares – diluted		21,525			21,781			21,687			21,708
Net income	$	571		$	523		$	1,155		$	794
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(423	)		56			(378	)		(505	)
Comprehensive income		148			579			777			289
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest		(188	)		(192	)		(565	)		(550	)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	(40	)	$	387		$	212		$	(261	)

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statement of Equity

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Common Stock				Treasury Stock						Additional			Accumulated Other					Non-
	Shares		Amount		Shares			Amount			Paid-In Capital			Comprehensive Loss			Retained Earnings		Controlling Interest			Total Equity
Balance at January 1, 2014		20,681	$	207		182		$	(356	)	$	15,339		$	(1,031	)	$	1,654	$	2,743		$	18,556
Share-based compensation		-		-		-			-			534			-			-		-			534
Exercise of stock options		-		-		-			-			53			-			-		-			53
Change in non-controlling interest related to business acquisition		-		-		-			-			-			-			-		720			720
Other changes to non-controlling interest		-		-		-			-			-			-			-		(2	)		(2	)
Purchase of treasury shares		-		-		114			(169	)		-			-			-		-			(169	)
Re-issued treasury shares		-		-		(172	)		337			(337	)		-			-		-			-
Other comprehensive loss		-		-		-			-			-			(378	)		-		-			(378	)
Net income		-		-		-			-			-			-			590		565			1,155
Balance at September 30, 2014		20,681	$	207		124		$	(188	)	$	15,589		$	(1,409	)	$	2,244	$	4,026		$	20,469

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Operating activities
Net income	$	1,155		$	794
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization		1,260			1,100
Bad debt expense, net of recoveries		162			48
Share based compensation		534			438
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions and disposition:
Accounts receivable		(384	)		2,299
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(47	)		(512	)
Accounts payable		(572	)		(153	)
Accrued expenses, other current liabilities and customer deposits		2,394			812
Net cash provided by operating activities		4,502			4,826
Investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software		(1,084	)		(1,039	)
Partners' investment in subsidiaries		-			20
Purchase of MFI Business		-			(1,300	)
Purchase of India Preceptor subsidiary		-			(21	)
Purchase of Unilink		(375	)		-
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,459	)		(2,340	)
Financing activities
Net borrowing (payment) on lines of credit		241			(177	)
Proceeds from stock options exercised		53			95
Payments on term debt		(19	)		(22	)
Payments on capital lease obligations		(87	)		(154	)
Purchase of treasury shares		(169	)		(232	)
Payment of notes to seller		-			(200	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		19			(690	)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash		(254	)		(477	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		2,808			1,319
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		2,814			1,792
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	5,622		$	3,111
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information
Interest paid	$	103		$	98
Income taxes paid	$	324		$	224
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities
Liability related to acquisition of Unilink subsidiary	$	375		$	-
Increase in non-controlling interest attributable to acquisition of Unilink subsidiary	$	720		$	-

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

1.     Basis of Presentation

The unaudited, consolidated financial statements of SPAR Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SGRP"), and its subsidiaries (together with SGRP, collectively, the "Company" or the "SPAR Group"), accompanying this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (this "Quarterly Report"), have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included in these interim financial statements. However, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the Company as contained in the SGRP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2014 (the "2013 Annual Report"), and SGRP's Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as filed with the SEC on April 24, 2014 (the "2014 Proxy Statement"). Particular attention should be given to Items 1 and 1A of the 2013 Annual Report respecting the Company's Business and Risk Factors, respectively, and the following parts of SGRP's 2014 Proxy Statement: (i) SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT, (ii) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, (iii) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, COMPENSATION, DIRECTORS AND OTHER INFORMATION and (iv) EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, EQUITY AWARDS AND OPTIONS. The Company's results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of its operating results for the entire year.

2.     Business and Organization

The Company is a supplier of merchandising and other marketing services throughout the United States and internationally. The Company also provides in-store event staffing, product sampling, audit services, furniture and other product assembly services, technology services and marketing research services. Assembly services are performed in stores, homes and offices while those other services are primarily performed in mass merchandiser, office supply, value, grocery, drug, independent, convenience, toy, home improvement and electronics stores.

Merchandising services primarily consist of regularly scheduled, special project and other product services provided at the store level, and the Company may be engaged by either the retailer or the manufacturer. Those services may include restocking and adding new products, removing spoiled or outdated products, resetting categories "on the shelf" in accordance with client or store schematics, confirming and replacing shelf tags, setting new sale or promotional product displays and advertising, replenishing kiosks, providing in-store event staffing and providing assembly services in stores, homes and offices. Other merchandising services include whole store or departmental product sets or resets, including new store openings, new product launches and in-store demonstrations, audit services, special seasonal or promotional merchandising, focused product support and product recalls. The Company also provides technology services and marketing research services.

As of September 30, 2014, the Company operates in 9 countries and divides its operations into two reportable segments: its Domestic Merchandising Services Division, which provides those services in the United States of America since certain of its predecessors were formed in 1979; and its International Merchandising Services Division, which began operations in May 2001 and provides similar merchandising, marketing and in-store event staffing services in Japan, Canada, South Africa, India, China, Australia, Mexico and Turkey.

The Company continues to focus on expanding its merchandising and marketing services business throughout the world.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

3.     Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Numerator:
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	383	$	331	$	590	$	244
Denominator:
Shares used in basic net income per share calculation		20,584		20,503		20,585		20,483
Effect of diluted securities:
Stock options		941		1,278		1,102		1,225
Shares used in diluted net income per share calculations		21,525		21,781		21,687		21,708
Basic net income per common share:	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.03	$	0.01
Diluted net income per common share:	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.03	$	0.01

4.     Credit Facilities

Sterling Credit Facility:

SGRP and certain of its US and Canadian subsidiaries, namely SPAR Marketing Force, Inc., SPAR National Assembly Services, Inc., SPAR Group International, Inc., SPAR Trademarks, Inc., SPAR Acquisition, Inc., SPAR Canada, Inc., SPAR Canada Company ("SCC"), and SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") (together with SGRP, SCC and SWI, each a "Borrower"), are parties to a Revolving Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 6, 2010, as amended in June 2011, July 2012, January 2013, July 2013, October 2013 and June 2014 (as amended, the "Sterling Loan Agreement"), with Sterling National Bank (the "Lender"), and their Secured Revolving Loan Note in the amended maximum principal amounts of $7.5 million (see below) to Sterling National Bank (as amended by all loan amendments, the "Sterling Note"), to document and govern their credit facility with the Lender (including such agreement and note, the "Sterling Credit Facility"). The Sterling Credit Facility currently is scheduled to expire and the Borrowers’ loans thereunder will become due on July 6, 2016 (with no early termination fee).

The Sterling Loan Agreement currently requires the Borrowers to pay interest on the loans thereunder equal to the Agent's floating Prime Rate (as defined in such agreement) minus one half of one percent (1/2%) per annum, and a fee on the maximum unused line thereunder equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum.

Revolving Loans of up to $7.5 million are available to the Borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility based upon the borrowing base formula defined in the Sterling Loan Agreement (principally 85% of "eligible" US and Canadian accounts receivable less certain reserves). The Sterling Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers (other than SGRP's non-Canadian foreign subsidiaries, certain designated domestic subsidiaries, and their respective equity and assets).

The Sterling Loan Agreement contains certain financial and other restrictive covenants and also limits certain expenditures by the Borrowers, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures and other investments. At September 30, 2014, the Company was in compliance with such covenants.

The amendment to the Sterling Loan Agreement dated as of July 1, 2013, among other things, extended the scheduled term of the Sterling Credit Facility to July 6, 2016 (with no early termination fee), and eliminated the requirement for a "closed lockbox" so that collections no longer automatically pay down the loans under the Sterling Loan Agreement. As of January 1, 2014, the lockbox account at Sterling National Bank was closed and as of that date, all remittances from customers are going directly into the Company's main bank account. Therefore, the Sterling Credit Facility is now classified as long term debt.

As a result of the October 30, 2013, Amendment to the Sterling Loan Agreement, the Company's Canadian subsidiaries, SCC and SWI, were added as Borrowers, their receivables are now included in the Company's borrowing base and pledged to Sterling, and advances are available to those Canadian borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. SCC has retired its existing credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada and replaced it by becoming a borrower under the Sterling Credit Facility.

On June 19, 2014, the Sterling Loan Agreement was further amended to increase the maximum principal amount of the Secured Revolving Loan Note to $7.5 million (effective as of July 1, 2014), to substitute a new $7.5 million note from the Borrowers for the old notes, and to remove SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") as a borrower, as this entity was merged into SCC as of January 1, 2014.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

International Credit Facilities: 

SPARFACTS Australia Pty. Ltd., has a secured line of credit facility with Oxford Funding Pty Ltd. for $1.2 million (Australian) or approximately $1.0 million (based upon the exchange rate at September 30, 2014). The facility provides for borrowing based upon a formula, as defined in the agreement (principally 80% of eligible accounts receivable less certain deductions). The agreement technically expired on October 31, 2012, but is being extended from month to month at the Company's request. SPARFACTS is in the process of renegotiating new financing.

On March 7, 2011, the Japanese subsidiary, SPAR FM Japan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, secured a term loan with Mizuho Bank in the amount of approximately $182,000. The loan is payable in monthly installments of $2,200 at an interest rate of 0.1% per annum with a maturity date of February 28, 2018. The outstanding balance at September 30, 2014, was approximately $89,000 (based upon the exchange rate at September 30, 2014).

Summary of Company Credit and Other Debt Facilities (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		Interest Rate1		December 31, 2013		Interest Rate2
Credit Facilities Loan Balance:
United States	$	4,054		2.8%	$	3,615		2.8%
Australia		503		7.1%		696		7.0%
	$	4,557			$	4,311
Other Debt Facility:
Japan Term Loan	$	89		0.1%	$	113		0.1%

	September 30 2014		December 31, 2013
Unused Availability:
United States	$	3,446	$	2,885
Australia		544		368
	$	3,990	$	3,253

(1)      Based on interest rate at September 30, 2014

(2)      Based on interest rate at December 31, 2013

Management believes that based upon the continuation of the Company's existing credit facilities, projected results of operations, vendor payment requirements and other financing available to the Company (including amounts due to affiliates), sources of cash availability should be manageable and sufficient to support ongoing operations over the next year. However, delays in collection of receivables due from any of the Company's major clients, or a significant reduction in business from such clients could have a material adverse effect on the Company's cash resources and its ongoing ability to fund operations.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

5.     Capital Lease Obligations

As of September 30, 2014, the Company has two outstanding capital lease obligations with an interest rate of 4.5%. The related capital lease assets balances are detailed below (in thousands):

Start Date:	Original Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value at September 30, 2014
January, 2012	$	253	$	231	$	22

Annual future minimum lease payments required under the leases, together with the present value as of September 30, 2014, are as follows (in thousands):

	Amount
As of September 30, 2014	$	22
Less amount representing interest		-
Present value of net minimum lease payments, included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	22

6.     Related-Party Transactions

SGRP's policy respecting approval of transactions with related persons, promoters and control persons is contained in the SPAR Group Code of Ethical Conduct for its Directors, Senior Executives and Employees Amended and Restated (as of) August 1, 2012 (the "Ethics Code"). Article V of the Ethics Code generally prohibits each "Covered Person" (including SGRP's officers and directors) from engaging in any business activity that conflicts with his or her duties to the Company, and directs each "Covered Person" to avoid any activity or interest that is inconsistent with the best interests of the SPAR Group, in each case except for any "Approved Activity" (as such terms are defined in the Ethics Code). Examples of violations include (among other things) having any ownership interest in, acting as a director or officer of or otherwise personally benefiting from business with any competitor, customer or vendor of the Company other than pursuant to any Approved Activity. Approved Activities include (among other things) any contract with an affiliated person (each an "Approved Affiliate Contract") or anything else disclosed to and approved by SGRP's Board of Directors (the "Board"), its Governance Committee or its Audit Committee, as the case may be, as well as the ownership, board, executive and other positions in SBS, SAS, SIT, NMA, NRS and others (as defined and described below) held by certain directors, officers or employees of SGRP or their family members. The Company's senior management is generally responsible for monitoring compliance with the Ethics Code and establishing and maintaining compliance systems, including conflicting relationships and transactions, subject to the review and oversight of SGRP's Governance Committee as provided in clause IV.11 of the Governance Committee's Charter, and SGRP's Audit Committee as provided in clause I.2(l) of the Audit Committee's Charter. The Governance Committee and Audit Committee each consist solely of independent outside directors.

SGRP's Audit Committee has the specific duty and responsibility to review and approve the overall fairness of all material related-party transactions. The Audit Committee receives every affiliate contract and amendment thereto for its review and approval (to the extent approval is given), and each contract is periodically (often annually) again reviewed, in accordance with the Audit Charter, the Ethics Code, the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq"), and other applicable law to ensure that the overall economic and other terms will be (or continue to be) no less favorable to the Company than would be the case in an arms-length contract with an unrelated provider of similar services (i.e., its overall fairness). The Audit Committee periodically reviews all of the related party relationships and transactions described below, and as of this Annual Report the parties are in compliance with those agreements.

SPAR Business Services, Inc. ("SBS"), SPAR Administrative Services, Inc. ("SAS") and SPAR InfoTech, Inc. ("SIT") are affiliates of SGRP but are not part of the consolidated Company. Mr. Robert G. Brown, a Director, the Chairman and a major stockholder of SGRP, and Mr. William H. Bartels, a Director and the Vice Chairman of the Company and a major stockholder of SGRP, are the sole stockholders of SBS and SAS. Mr. Brown is the sole stockholder of SIT. Mr. Brown is a director and officer of SBS and SIT. Mr. Bartels is a director and officer of SAS.

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

SBS provided approximately 80% and 77% of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by the Company (as a percentage of the total cost for such field force, including field force provided by NRS, as defined below) for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and SAS provided approximately 93% and 97% of the direct domestic field administration used by the Company (as a percentage of the total cost for such field administrators) at a total cost for the services of SBS and SAS of approximately $20 million and $18 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Field Service Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004, as amended in 2011, the Company received services from SBS through the use of approximately 7,400 field merchandising specialists during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Field Management Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004, the Company received administrative services from SAS through the use of 53 full-time national, regional and district administrators during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. For those services, the Company contracted in the Existing Agreements to pay SBS and SAS on a "Cost Plus Fee" arrangement, which provides that the Company is to pay SBS and SAS for their costs of providing those services plus 4% of such costs (the "Cost Plus Fee"). Those costs include field expenses of SBS (excluding workers compensation expense), all payroll and employment tax expenses of SAS and all legal and other administrative expenses paid by either of them. The net total Cost Plus Fee earned by SAS and SBS for services rendered was approximately $770,000 and $693,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In order to obtain and continue its favorable fee arrangement with SBS and SAS, the Company also arranged to provide certain administrative services directly to SBS and SAS without charge, including certain human resource and legal services. The Company believes this arrangement also is more efficient and cost effective. The value of these services was approximately $502,000 and $455,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Those service agreements with SBS and SAS were scheduled to automatically renew on December 31, 2013, but in order to prevent such automatic renewal and permit renegotiation after the end of 2013, the Company gave SBS and SAS the required notice of non-renewal under those agreements and from time to time has entered into temporary extension agreements with them to temporarily extend the Existing Agreements to November 30, 2014. The parties have had extensive negotiations for over a year to try to resolve their pricing and related differences.

On October 20, 2014, SMF sent a proposal to SBS and SAS to continue purchasing services from them on and after December 1, 2014, on the revised terms set forth in that letter (the "Offer Letter"), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to SGRP's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on October 20, 2014. The Offer Letter reduces the Cost Plus Fee from 4% to 2% of the applicable costs, clarifies certain costs and otherwise proposes to continue to be bound by the provisions of the Existing Agreements. No response was requested or required from SBS and SAS under the Offer Letter (because of the offer's unilateral nature) other than the continued performance of services on the proposed revise terms. SAS and SBS have stated their intent to continue to provide their services under the Existing Agreements, but have advised the Company that they will not accept such proposed pricing changes and made counterproposals (which were not accepted by the Company). On November 10, 2014, the parties agreed to retain an independent third party to review and independently analyze the cost components and structure under the Existing Agreements to provide a common framework for their continued negotiations. The Company expects that SAS and SBS will continue to provide their services to the Company and that pricing and other disagreements will eventually be resolved and adjusted (if and to the extent applicable).

No salary reimbursements for Mr. Brown or Mr. Bartels are included in such reimbursable costs or Cost Plus Fee. However, since SBS and SAS are "Subchapter S" corporations and are owned by Messrs. Brown and Bartels, all income from SBS and SAS is allocated to them.

National Merchandising Services, LLC ("NMS"), is a consolidated domestic subsidiary of the Company and is owned jointly by SGRP through its indirect ownership of 51% of the NMS membership interests and by National Merchandising of America, Inc. ("NMA"), through its ownership of the other 49% of the NMS membership interests. Mr. Edward Burdekin is the Chief Executive Officer and President and a director of NMS and also is an executive officer and director of NMA and the sole member and manager of National Retail Source, LLC (“NRS”). Ms. Andrea Burdekin, Mr. Burdekin's wife, is the sole stockholder and a director of NMA and a director of NMS. NRS and NMA are affiliates of the Company but are not consolidated with the Company. NMS commenced operations as of September 1, 2012.

NRS is expected to provide substantially all of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by NMS. Pursuant to the terms of the Master Field Services Agreement dated as of August 1, 2013 (the "NRS Services Agreement"), NMS will receive merchandising services from NRS through the use of approximately 974 field merchandising specialists. Prior to that date, NMS received such merchandising services from NMA pursuant to the terms of the substantially similar Field Services Agreement dated as of July 31, 2012, as amended (the “NMA Services Agreement”). For those services, the Company has agreed to reimburse NRS (and NMA before it) for its total costs of providing those services and to pay NRS (and NMA before it) a fee equal to 2% of its total costs (the "Plus 2% Fee"). Those costs include all field and workers compensation insurance expenses of NRS (and NMA before it) but exclude certain legal and other administrative expenses. Accordingly, no salary reimbursement for Mr. Burdekin or Ms. Burdekin are included in such reimbursable costs or Plus 2% Fee.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

NRS (and before that NMA) provided all of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by NMS and 9% and 8% of all of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by the Company (as a percentage of the total cost for such field force, including the field force provided by SBS) for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The total Plus 2% Fee earned by NRS for services rendered was approximately $38,000 and $30,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

In connection with the approval of those related party agreements with NMA in 2012, the Board approved, based (in part) on the recommendation and approval of its Governance Committee (which is comprised solely of independent directors), the restated Ethics Code. As a result, the newly approved NRS Field Services Agreement is, and the NMA Field Services Agreement and other previously approved affiliate contracts continue to be, Approved Activities under the Ethics Code.

The Company continues to purchase services from SBS, SAS and NRS because it believes the value of services it receives from them are at least as favorable to the Company as it could obtain from non-affiliated providers of similar services. The Company believes it is the largest and most important customer of SBS, SAS and NRS (and from time to time may be their only customer), and accordingly the Company is able to negotiate better terms, receives more personal and responsive service and is more likely to receive credits and other financial accommodations from SBS, SAS and NRS than the Company could reasonably expect to receive from an unrelated service provider who has significant other customers and business. The Company periodically evaluates these fees and rates charged by comparable national labor sourcing firms to serve as a comparison to the rates charged by SBS, SAS and NRS. Based on an analysis performed by management, the Company believes that its cost of revenue would have increased by at approximately $594,000 and $550,000 for the nine months ended September 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, if the Company would have instead used an unaffiliated entity to provide comparable services. All affiliate contracts are reviewed and approved by SGRP's Audit Committee, as described above.

The following costs of affiliates were charged to the Company (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Net cost of field merchandiser services (SBS)	$	5,605	$	5,417	$	16,658	$	14,304
Total costs of field management services (SAS)	$	1,056	$	1,266	$	3,361	$	3,706
Total costs of field merchandiser services (NMA and NRS)	$	546	$	447	$	1,905	$	1,553
Total costs charged by affiliates	$	7,207	$	7,130	$	21,924	$	19,563

	September 30,		December 31,
Accrued expenses due to affiliates (in thousands):	2014		2013
Total accrued expenses due to affiliates	$	729	$	560

In July 1999, SPAR Marketing Force, Inc. (“SMF”), SBS and SIT entered into a perpetual software ownership agreement providing that each party independently owned an undivided share of and had the right to unilaterally license and exploit their "Business Manager" Internet job scheduling software (which had been jointly developed by such parties), and all related improvements, revisions, developments and documentation from time to time voluntarily made or procured by any of them at its own expense. In addition, SPAR Trademarks, Inc. ("STM"), SBS and SIT entered into separate perpetual trademark licensing agreements whereby STM has granted non-exclusive royalty-free licenses to SIT and SBS (and through them to their commonly controlled subsidiaries and affiliates by sublicenses, including SAS) for their continued use of the name "SPAR" and certain other trademarks and related rights of STM, a wholly owned subsidiary of SGRP. SBS and SAS provide services to the Company, as described above, and SIT no longer provides services to and does not compete with the Company.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

Effective August 1, 2013, the Company sold its equity interests and working capital investment in its Romanian subsidiary, SPAR Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. “BIP”), to a Company affiliate, SIT, for a total purchase price of $348,465. The Company received, at closing, $187,767 in cash and the balance is payable over 29 months with interest at 6% per annum, recorded as Other Assets on the September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 consolidated balance sheets. The purchase price was equal to the book value of the Company’s interests in BIP. The sale to SIT was approved by the Company’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors.

Through arrangements with the Company, SBS, SAS and other companies owned by Mr. Brown or Mr. Bartels participate in various benefit plans, insurance policies and similar group purchases by the Company, for which the Company charges them their allocable shares of the costs of those group items and the actual costs of all items paid specifically for them. All such transactions between the Company and the above affiliates are paid and/or collected by the Company in the normal course of business.

In addition to the above, SAS purchases insurance coverage for worker compensation, casualty and property insurance risk for itself, SBS and (through SBS under contracts with them) its field merchandising specialists and the Company from Affinity Insurance, Ltd. ("Affinity"). SAS owns a minority (less than 1%) of the common stock in Affinity. The Affinity insurance premiums for such coverage are ultimately charged to SAS, SBS (and through SBS to its covered field merchandising specialists) and the Company based on the contractual arrangements of the parties.

In the event of any material dispute in the business relationships between the Company and SBS, SAS, SIT or NRS it is possible that Mr. Brown, Mr. Bartels or Mr. Burdekin may have one or more conflicts of interest with respect to these relationships and such dispute could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

7.      Preferred Stock

SGRP's certificate of incorporation authorizes it to issue 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share (the "SGRP Preferred Stock"), which may have such preferences and priorities over the SGRP Common Stock and other rights, powers and privileges as the Company's Board of Directors may establish in its discretion from time to time. The Company has created and authorized the issuance of a maximum of 3,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to SGRP's Certificate of Designation of Series "A" Preferred Stock (the "SGRP Series A Preferred Stock"), which have dividend and liquidation preferences, have a cumulative dividend of 10% per year, are redeemable at the Company's option and are convertible at the holder's option (and without further consideration) on a one-to-one basis into SGRP Common Stock. The Company issued 554,402 of SGRP shares to affiliated retirement plans which were all converted into common shares in 2011 (including dividends earned thereon), leaving 2,445,598 shares of remaining authorized preferred stock. At September 30, 2014, no shares of SGRP Series A Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding.

8.      Stock-Based Compensation and Other Plans

SGRP has granted restricted stock and stock option awards to its eligible directors, officers and employees and certain employees of its affiliates respecting shares of Common Stock issued by SGRP ("SGRP Shares") pursuant to SGRP's 2008 Stock Compensation Plan (as amended, the "2008 Plan"), which was approved by SGRP's stockholders in May of 2008 and 2009. The 2008 Plan provides for the granting of restricted SGRP shares, stock options to purchase SGRP shares (either incentive or nonqualified), and restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other awards based on SGRP shares ("Awards") to SGRP Directors and the Company's specified executives, employees and consultants (which are employees of certain of its affiliates), although to date SGRP has not issued any permissible form of Award other than stock option and restricted share awards. As of September 30, 2014, approximately 1.3 million SGRP shares were available for Award grants under the amended 2008 Plan.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

The Company recognized approximately $399,000 and $366,000 in stock-based compensation expense relating to stock option Awards during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The recognized tax benefit on stock based compensation expense related to stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $151,000 and $139,000, respectively. As of September 30, 2014, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $1.1 million.

On March 13, 2014, a restricted stock Award for 4,000 SGRP shares was issued to an employee, on May 15, 2014, 16,000 shares of restricted stock were issued to the Directors of the Company and on August 7, 2014, 83,400 shares of restricted stock were issued to select employees in lieu of stock options pursuant to the 2008 Plan. The estimated stock compensation expense for those Awards is $155,988, which will be recognized ratably over the four year vesting period. In February 2014, the remaining outstanding restricted stock Awards of Mr. Gary R. Raymond, former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, fully vested on his retirement at an expense to the Company of $127,594. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized approximately $135,000 and $139,000, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock. The recognized tax benefit on stock based compensation expense related to restricted stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $51,300 and $15,500, respectively. As of September 30, 2014, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock Awards was $149,000.

9.         Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a comprehensive new standard which amends revenue recognition principles and provides a single set of criteria for revenue recognition among all industries.  The new standard provides a five step framework whereby revenue is recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The standard also requires enhanced disclosure pertaining to revenue recognition in both the interim and annual periods.  The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and allows for adoption using a full retrospective method, or a modified retrospective method.  The Company is currently assessing the method of adoption and the expected impact the new standard has on our financial position and results of operations.

10.      Commitments and Contingencies

  Legal Matters

The Company is a party to or paying for various legal actions and administrative proceedings arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of Company's management, disposition of these other matters are not anticipated to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its estimated or desired assets, business, capital, cash flow, credit, expenses, financial condition, income, liabilities, liquidity, locations, marketing, operations, prospects, sales, strategies, taxation or other achievement, result or condition.

11.     Segment Information

The Company reports net revenue and operating income from continuing operations by reportable segment. Reportable segments are components of the Company for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated on a regular basis by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

The Company provides similar merchandising and marketing services throughout the world, operating within two reportable segments, its Domestic Merchandising Services Division and its International Merchandising Services Division. The Company uses those divisions to improve its administration and operational and strategic focuses, and it tracks and reports certain financial information separately for each of those divisions. The Company measures the performance of its domestic and international divisions and subsidiaries using the same metrics. The primary measurement utilized by management is operating profits, historically the key indicator of long-term growth and profitability, as the Company is focused on reinvesting the operating profits of each of its international subsidiaries back into its local markets in an effort to improve market share and continued expansion efforts.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

Management evaluates performance based on profit or loss from operations, as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenue:
United States	$	11,666		$	11,327		$	35,265		$	32,390
International		19,343			16,426			54,704			47,762
Total revenue	$	31,009		$	27,753		$	89,969		$	80,152
Operating income (loss):
United States	$	557		$	99		$	852		$	383
International		(10	)		291			602			520
Total operating income	$	547		$	390		$	1,454		$	903
Interest expense:
United States	$	22		$	15		$	62		$	40
International		22			13			66			40
Total interest expense	$	44		$	28		$	128		$	80
Other (income) expense, net:
United States	$	–		$	–		$	–		$	(25	)
International		(89	)		(5	)		(202	)		(48	)
Total other (income) expense, net	$	(89	)	$	(5	)	$	(202	)	$	(73	)
Income before provision for income taxes:
United States	$	535		$	84		$	790		$	368
International		57			283			738			528
Total income before provision for income taxes	$	592		$	367		$	1,528		$	896
Income tax expense (benefit):
United States	$	93		$	(141	)	$	93		$	(9	)
International		(72	)		2			280			209
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	21		$	(139	)	$	373		$	200
Net income from continuing operations:
United States	$	442		$	225		$	697		$	377
International		129			281			458			319
Total net income from continuing operations	$	571		$	506		$	1,155		$	696
Depreciation and amortization:
United States	$	321		$	307		$	964		$	858
International		109			81			296			239
Total depreciation and amortization	$	430		$	388		$	1,260		$	1,097
Capital expenditures:
United States	$	252		$	224		$	765		$	855
International		158			88			319			184
Total capital expenditures	$	410		$	312		$	1,084		$	1,039

Note: There were no inter-company sales for 2014 or 2013. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
Assets:
United States	$	17,186	$	17,651
International		20,969		16,627
Total assets	$	38,155	$	34,278

Geographic Data (in thousands)

	Three Months Ended September 30,										Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014					2013					2014					2013
International revenue:			% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue
Mexico	$	4,983		16.1	%	$	4,002		14.4	%	$	14,181		15.8	%	$	11,277		14.1	%
South Africa		4,388		14.2			3,873		14.0			12,358		13.7			11,809		14.7
China		3,046		9.8			1,911		6.9			5,791		6.4			4,956		6.2
India		1,850		6.0			1,203		4.3			5,112		5.7			3,318		4.1
Canada		1,643		5.3			1,545		5.6			4,858		5.4			4,389		5.5
Australia		1,366		4.4			1,283		4.6			4,441		4.9			5,046		6.3
Japan		1,338		4.3			2,079		7.5			6,090		6.8			4,680		5.8
Turkey		729		2.4			530		1.9			1,873		2.1			2,287		2.9
Total international revenue	$	19,343		62.5	%	$	16,426		59.2	%	$	54,704		60.8	%	$	47,762		59.6	%

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
Long lived assets:
United States	$	6,213	$	6,222
International		3,557		2,410
Total long lived assets	$	9,770	$	8,632

On July 2014, the Company, through its subsidiary in Hong Kong, SPAR China Ltd., entered into an agreement to purchase certain business assets, fixed assets and merchandising teams of the following three companies in China: Shanghai Unilink Marketing Execution and Design Co. Ltd, Shanghai Gold Park Investment Management Co. Ltd, and Beijing Merchandising Sales and Marketing Co. Ltd (collectively Unilink). As consideration for the purchase, Unilink received cash and 20% ownership in SPAR Shanghai. As a result of this transaction, current ownership interest in SPAR Shanghai is SPAR 51%, Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting Co. Ltd 29% and Unilink 20%. The Company consolidated operations beginning August 1, 2014.

12.     Discontinued Operations

Effective August 31, 2013, the Company sold its equity interests and working capital investment in its Romanian subsidiary, SPAR Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. ("BIP"), to a Company affiliate, SPAR InfoTech, Inc. ("SIT"), for a total purchase price of $348,465. The Company received, at closing, $187,767 in cash and the balance is payable over 30 months with interest at 6% per annum. The purchase price was equal to the book value of the Company's interests in BIP, which management believes approximates fair value. The sale to SIT was approved by the Company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

As a result of the sale, the Romanian operations were reported in the consolidated financial statements of the Company as a discontinued operation. The consolidated statements of cash flows do not separately report the cash flows of the discontinued operations.

The components of the earnings from discontinued operations are presented below (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
Net revenues	$	-	$	952		$	-	$	3,426
Cost of revenues		-		733			-		2,736
Gross profit		-		219			-		690
Selling, general and administrative expenses		-		208			-		562
Depreciation and amortization		-		-			-		1
Operating income		-		11			-		127
Other (income) expense, net		-		(6	)		-		(11	)
Income before provision for income tax expense		-		17					138
Income tax expense		-		-			-		40
Income from discontinued operations	$	-	$	17		$	-	$	98

13. Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries

The following contains descriptions of the Company's additional purchase of interest in its China operating subsidiary during the nine month period ended September 30, 2014.  

China

In July 2014, the Company, through its subsidiary in Hong Kong, SPAR China Ltd., entered into an agreement to purchase certain business assets of the following three companies in China: Shanghai Unilink Marketing Execution and Design Co. Ltd, Shanghai Gold Park Investment Management Co. Ltd, and Beijing Merchandising Sales and Marketing Co. Ltd (collectively Unilink). As consideration for the purchase, Unilink will receive cash and 20% ownership in SPAR Shanghai. At closing, SPAR will have 51%, Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting Co. Ltd will have 29% and Unilink will have 20% of the SPAR Shanghai ownership interests. The Company began consolidating operations beginning August 1, 2014.

Of the total purchase price of $1.46 million, the Company’s investment in Unilink represented 51% or $749,660, of which, $374,830 was paid in cash and the remaining $374,830 was recorded as a contingent liability to be paid based on Unilink’s future earnings as fully described below. Our Local Investor in Shanghai invested the remaining 49% or a total of $720,262.  

The Company has agreed to pay an additional $187,415 each year, over the next two years or a total of $374,830, provided the Unilink business can contribute at least $475,000 in operating earnings over the same two year period.  The Company is confident that the Unilink business will meet or exceed this minimum operating earnings target and therefore has recorded the additional future payment of $374,830 as a contingent liability at September 30, 2014. The Company has completed its preliminary valuation of the fair value and recorded the following intangible assets at September 30, 2014:

Customer list $ 1,469,922

The customer list is being amortized over ten years.

The following table includes the amount of Unilink’s revenue and earnings included in the Company's consolidated income statement for the nine month period ended September 30, 2014 and a pro forma calculation of the amounts that would have been included in the Company's consolidated statement of income for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 had the Unilink acquisition date been January 1, 2014 and 2013, instead of August 1, 2014 (in thousands):

	Revenue		Net Income
Actual Unilink from August 1 to September 30, 2014	$	1,614	$	43
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from July 1 to September 30, 2014	$	31,847	$	405
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from July 1 to September 30, 2013	$	30,086	$	454
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from January 1 to September 30, 2014	$	95,549	$	798
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from January 1 to September 30, 2013	$	86,084	$	620

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition, Results of Operations, Liquidity and Capital Resources

Forward-Looking Statements

There are "forward-looking statements" contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 (this "Quarterly Report"), of SPAR Group, Inc. ("SGRP", and together with its subsidiaries, the "SPAR Group" or the "Company"); in SGRP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (as filed, the "Annual Report"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2014; in SGRP's definitive Proxy Statement respecting its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 15, 2014 (as filed, the "Proxy Statement"), which SGRP filed with the SEC on April 24, 2014; and in the Company's other filings under applicable law with the SEC (including this Quarterly Report, the Annual Report and the Proxy Statement, each a "SEC Report"). "Forward-looking statements" are defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and other applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations, as amended (together with the Securities Act and Exchange Act, collectively, "Securities Laws"). The Company's forward-looking statements include, in particular and without limitation, this "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition, Results of Operations, Liquidity and Capital Resources" contained in this Quarterly Report, and the statements made in "Business", "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Annual Report. You can identify forward-looking statements in such information by the Company's use of terms such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "believe", "estimate", "anticipate", "continue" or similar words or variations or negatives of those words.

You should carefully consider all forward-looking statements, risk factors and the other risks, cautions and information noted in this Quarterly Report, the Annual Report, the Proxy Statement and the Company's other SEC Reports that could cause the Company's actual assets, business, capital, cash flow, credit, expenses, financial condition, income, liabilities, liquidity, locations, marketing, operations, prospects, sales, strategies, taxation or other achievement, results, risks or condition to differ materially from those anticipated by the Company and described in the information in the Company's forward-looking and other statements, whether express or implied, as the Company's anticipations are based upon the Company's plans, intentions, expectations and estimates and (although the Company believe them to be reasonable) involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors (many of which are beyond the Company's control) that could cause them to fail to occur or be realized or to be materially and adversely different from those the Company anticipated.

Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions, expectations and estimates reflected or implied in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot assure you that such plans, intentions, expectations or estimates will be achieved in whole or in part, that the Company has identified all potential risks, or that the Company can successfully avoid or mitigate such risks in whole or in part. You should carefully review the risk factors described in the Annual Report (See Item 1A – Risk Factors) and any other risks, cautions or similar information made, contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report, the Annual Report or any other applicable SEC Report. All forward-looking and other statements or information attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly subject to and qualified by all such risk factors and other risks, cautions and information.

You should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements and similar information because the matters they describe are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond its control. The Company's forward-looking statements, risk factors and other risks, cautions and information (whether contained in this Quarterly Report, the Annual Report, the Proxy Statement or any other applicable SEC Report) are based on the information then available to the Company and speak only as of the date specifically referenced, or if no date is referenced, then as of December 31, 2013, in the case of the Annual Report or the Proxy Statement or the last day of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, any other applicable SEC Report. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for the Company to predict these matters or how they may arise or affect the Company. Over time, the Company's actual assets, business, capital, cash flow, credit, expenses, financial condition, income, liabilities, liquidity, locations, marketing, operations, prospects, sales, strategies, taxation or other achievements, results, risks or condition will likely differ from those expressed or implied by the Company's forward-looking statements and other information, and such difference could be significant and materially adverse to the Company and the value of your investment in the Company's Common Stock.

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The Company does not intend or promise, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, risk factors or other risks, cautions or information (in whole or in part), whether as a result of new information, risks or uncertainties, future events or recognition or otherwise, except as and to the extent required by applicable law.

GENERAL

SPAR Group, Inc. ("SGRP"), and its subsidiaries (together with SGRP, the "SPAR Group" or the "Company"), is a diversified international merchandising and marketing services company and provides a broad array of services worldwide to help companies improve their sales, operating efficiency and profits at retail locations. The Company provides its merchandising and other marketing services to manufacturers, distributors and retailers worldwide, primarily in mass merchandiser, office supply, value, grocery, drug, independent, convenience, toy, home improvement and electronics stores. The Company also provides furniture and other product assembly services in stores, homes and offices. The Company has supplied these services in the United States since certain of its predecessors were formed in 1979 and internationally since the Company acquired its first international subsidiary in Japan in May of 2001. The Company currently does business in 9 countries that encompass approximately 50% of the total world population through its operations in the United States, Canada, Japan, South Africa, India, China, Australia, Mexico and Turkey.

Merchandising services primarily consist of regularly scheduled, special project and other product services provided at store level, and the Company may be engaged by either the retailer or the manufacturer. Those services may include restocking and adding new products, removing spoiled or outdated products, resetting categories "on the shelf" in accordance with client or store schematics, confirming and replacing shelf tags, setting new sale or promotional product displays and advertising, replenishing kiosks, providing on-site audit and in-store event staffing services and providing product assembly services in stores, homes and offices. Other merchandising services include whole store or departmental product sets or resets, including new store openings, new product launches and in-store demonstrations, special seasonal or promotional merchandising, focused product support and product recalls. The Company continues to seek to expand its merchandising, assembly and marketing services business throughout the world.

An Overview of the Merchandising and Marketing Services Industry

According to industry estimates over two billion dollars are spent annually in the United States alone on retail merchandising and marketing services. The merchandising and marketing services industry includes manufacturers, retailers, food brokers, and professional service merchandising companies. The Company believes that merchandising and marketing services add value to retailers, manufacturers and other businesses and enhance sales by making a product more visible and more available to consumers. These services primarily involve placing orders, shelf maintenance, display placement, reconfiguring products on store shelves and replenishing product inventory.

Historically, retailers staffed their stores as needed to provide these services to ensure, that manufacturers' inventory levels, the advantageous display of new items on shelves, and the maintenance of shelf schematics and product placement were properly merchandised. However retailers, in an effort to improve their margins, have decreased their own store personnel and increased their reliance on manufacturers to perform such services. Initially, manufacturers attempted to satisfy the need for merchandising and marketing services in retail stores by utilizing their own sales representatives. Additionally, retailers also used their own employees to merchandise their stores to satisfy their own merchandising needs. However, both the manufacturers and the retailers discovered that using their own sales representatives and employees for this purpose was expensive and inefficient.

Most manufacturers and retailers have been, and SPAR Group believes they will continue outsourcing their merchandising and marketing service needs to third parties capable of operating at a lower cost by (among other things) serving multiple manufacturers simultaneously. The Company also believes that it is well positioned, as a domestic and international merchandising and marketing services company, to more effectively provide these services to retailers, manufacturers and other businesses around the world.

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Another significant trend impacting the merchandising and marketing services business is the tendency of consumers to make product purchase decisions once inside the store. Accordingly, merchandising and marketing services and in-store product promotions have proliferated and diversified. Retailers are continually re-merchandising and re-modeling entire stores in an effort to respond to new product developments and changes in consumer preferences. We estimate that these activities have increased in frequency over the last five years. Both retailers and manufacturers are seeking third parties to help them meet the increased demand for these labor-intensive services.

In addition, the consolidation of many retailers has created opportunities for third party merchandisers when an acquired retailer's stores are converted to the look and format of the acquiring retailer. In many cases, stores are completely remodeled and re-merchandised after a consolidation.

SPAR Group believes the current trend in business toward globalization fits well with its expansion model. As companies expand into foreign markets they will need assistance in merchandising or marketing their products. As evidenced in the United States, retailer and manufacturer sponsored merchandising and marketing programs are both expensive and inefficient. The Company also believes that the difficulties encountered by these programs are only exacerbated by the logistics of operating in foreign markets. This environment has created an opportunity for the Company to exploit its internet, hand-held computer, tablet and smart phone based technology and business model worldwide.

The Company's Domestic and International Geographic Segments:

The Company provides similar merchandising and marketing services throughout the world, operating within two reportable segments, its domestic and international divisions (as described above). The Company tracks and reports certain financial information separately for these two segments using the same metrics. The primary measurement utilized by management is operating profit level, historically the key indicator of long-term growth and profitability, as the Company is focused on reinvesting the operating profits of each of its international subsidiaries back into local markets in an effort to improve its market share and continued expansion efforts. Certain financial information regarding each of the Company's two segments, which includes their respective net revenues and operating income for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and their respective assets as of September 30, 2014 and 2013, is provided in Note 11 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements – Segment Information.

The Company's international business in each territory outside the United States is conducted through a foreign subsidiary incorporated in its primary territory. The primary territory establishment date (which may include predecessors), the percentage of the Company's equity ownership, and the principal office location for its US (domestic) subsidiaries and each of its foreign (international) subsidiaries is as follows:

Primary Territory	Date Established	SGRP Percentage Ownership	Principal Office Location
United States of America	1979	100%	White Plains, New York, United States of America6
Japan	May 2001	100%	Tokyo, Japan
Canada	June 2003	100%	Toronto, Canada
South Africa	April 2004	51% 1	Durban, South Africa
India	April 2004	51% 2	New Delhi, India
Australia	April 2006	51%	Melbourne, Australia
Romania	July 2009	100% 3	Bucharest, Romania
China	March 2010	51% 4	Shanghai, China
Mexico	August 2011	51%	Mexico City, Mexico
Turkey	November 2011	51% 5	Istanbul, Turkey

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1 In September 2012, the Company, through its subsidiary in South Africa (SGRP Meridian), entered into a joint venture agreement to expand its operations in South Africa.  SGRP Meridian owns a 51% ownership interest in the new company; CMR Meridian (Pty) Ltd. ("CMR-Meridian").  

2 In June 2011, the Company sold 49% of its interest in its Indian subsidiary to KROGNOS Integrated Marketing Services Private Limited. In March 2013, the company purchased a 51% interest in a new subsidiary in India, Preceptor Marketing Services Private Limited, which began operations in March 2013.

3 In August 2013, the Company sold its 51% ownership in Romania in its active Romania subsidiary to SPAR InfoTech, Inc. (see Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Related-Party Transactions). The Company continues to have one Romanian subsidiary that is 100% owned and is inactive.

4 Currently the Company owns two subsidiaries in China.  One subsidiary is 100% owned and is inactive, and the second subsidiary, acquired in March 2010 and operational in August 2010, is 51% owned. In July 2011, the Company, through its active subsidiary in China (SPAR Shanghai), entered into a joint venture agreement to expand its operations in China.  SPAR Shanghai has a 75.5% ownership interest in the new company; SPAR DSI Human Resource Company.

5 In August 2011, the Company sold its 51% ownership in its original subsidiary in Turkey to its original Local Investor, and in November 2011 the Company started a new 51% owned subsidiary to compete in this important market.

6 In September 2012, the Company established a new subsidiary, National Merchandising Services, LLC, ("NMS") 51% owned by the Company, with its principal office in Georgia. In March 2013, the Company purchased general merchandising service and certain in-store audit service businesses from Market Force Information, Inc. (“MFI”).

Critical Accounting Policies

There were no material changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to the Company's critical accounting policies as reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2014.

Results of Operations

Three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to three months ended September 30, 2013

The following table sets forth selected financial data and data as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percent data).

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2014						2013
		$		%				$		%
Net revenue	$	31,009			100.0	%	$	27,753			100.0	%
Cost of revenue		23,703			76.4			21,228			76.5
Selling, general & administrative expense		6,329			20.4			5,747			20.7
Depreciation & amortization		430			1.4			388			1.4
Interest expense, net		44			0.1			28			0.1
Other (income) expense, net		(89	)		(0.3	)		(5	)		-
Income before income taxes		592			2.0			367			1.3
Income tax expense (benefit)		21			0.1			(139	)		(0.5	)
Income from continuing operations		571			1.9			506			1.8
Income from discontinued operations		-			-			17			0.1
Net income		571			1.9			523			1.9
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		(188	)		0.6			(192	)		(0.7	)
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	383			1.3	%	$	331			1.2	%

Net Revenue

Net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2014, was $31.0 million, compared to $27.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $3.2 million or 12%.

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Domestic net revenue totaled $11.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $11.3 million for the same period in 2013. Domestic net revenue increased by approximately $400,000 or 3%. The increase was primarily due to incremental revenue from project work compared to the same period last year.

International net revenue totaled $19.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $16.4 million for the same period in 2013, an increase of $2.9 million or 18%. The increase in net revenue was primarily due to increased revenue in China, Mexico, South Africa and India, partially offset by lower revenue in Japan.

Cost of Revenue

The Company's cost of revenue consists of on-site labor and field administration fees, travel and other direct labor-related expenses and was 76.4% of net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2014, and 76.5% of net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2013.

Domestic cost of revenue was 67.6% of net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2014, and 69.6% of net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease in cost of revenue as a percentage of net revenue of 2.0 percentage points was due primarily to a favorable mix of project work compared to last year. For the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, approximately 84% and 85%, respectively, of the Company's domestic cost of revenue resulted from in-store merchandiser specialist, on-site assembly technician and field administration services purchased from certain of the Company's affiliates, SPAR Business Services, Inc. ("SBS"), and SPAR Administrative Services, Inc. ("SAS"), respectively, and approximately 7% and 5% of the Company's domestic cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, resulted from in-store merchandiser specialist services purchased from certain of the Company's other affiliates, National Retail Source, LLC ("NRS"), and prior to August 1, 2013, National Merchandising of America, Inc. ("NMA") (See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Related-Party Transactions).

Internationally, the cost of revenue (as a percentage of revenue) slightly increased to 81.7% of net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to 81.3% of net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2013. The cost of revenue percentage increase of 0.4% was primarily due to lower margins in China and Canada.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses of the Company include its corporate overhead, project management, information technology, executive compensation, human resources, legal and accounting expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $6.3 million and $5.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Domestic selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $2.9 and $3.0 million for three month periods ended September 30, 2014, and 2013.

International selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $3.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $2.7 million for the same period in 2013. The increase of approximately $700,000 was primarily attributable to increases in Mexico, China and South Africa in support of the revenue growth for the period.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization charges totaled $430,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014, and $388,000 for the same period in 2013.

Interest Expense

The Company's net interest expense was $44,000 and $28,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase in interest expense was due primarily to increased borrowing in the United States and Canada.

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Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other income totaled $89,000 and $5,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase was primarily related to various activity in Mexico.

Income Taxes

The income tax provision totaled $21,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to a benefit of $139,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2013.

Non-controlling Interest

Net operating profits from the non-controlling interest, from the Company's 51% owned subsidiaries, resulted in a reduction of net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc. of $188,000 and $192,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively.

Net Income

The Company reported net income of $383,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to $331,000, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the corresponding period last year.

Nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to nine months ended September 30, 2013

The following table sets forth selected financial data and data as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percent data).

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014						2013
		$		%				$		%
Net revenue	$	89,969			100.0	%	$	80,152			100.0	%
Cost of revenue		68,733			76.4			61,252			76.4
Selling, general & administrative expense		18,522			20.6			16,900			21.1
Depreciation & amortization		1,260			1.4			1,097			1.4
Interest expense, net		128			0.1			80			-
Other (income) expense, net		(202	)		(0.2	)		(73	)		(0.1	)
Income before income taxes		1,528			1.7			896			1.2
Income tax expense		373			0.4			200			0.3
Income from continuing operations		1,155			1.3			696			0.9
Income from discontinued operations		-			-			98			0.1
Net income		1,155			1.3			794			1.0
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		(565	)		(0.6	)		(550	)		(0.7	)
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	590			0.7	%	$	244			0.3	%

Net Revenue

Net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was $90.0 million, compared to $80.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $9.8 million or 12%.

Domestic net revenue totaled $35.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $32.4 million for the same period in 2013. Domestic net revenue increase of approximately $2.9 million or 9% was due primarily to incremental project work compared to the same period in 2013.

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International net revenue totaled $54.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $47.8 million for the same period in 2013, an increase of $6.9 million or 15%. The increase in net revenue was primarily due to incremental revenue from the integration of the acquisitions in India and increased revenue in Mexico, Japan, China, South Africa and Canada, partially offset by lower revenue in Australia and Turkey.

Cost of Revenue

The Company's cost of revenue consists of on-site labor and field administration fees, travel and other direct labor-related expenses and was 76.4% of its net revenue for both nine month periods ended September 30, 2014, and 2013.

Domestic cost of revenue was 69.4% of net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and 69.4% of net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, approximately 82% and 80%, respectively, of the Company's domestic cost of revenues resulted from in-store merchandiser specialist, on-site assembly technician and field administration services purchased from certain of the Company's affiliates, SPAR Business Services, Inc. ("SBS"), and SPAR Administrative Services, Inc. ("SAS"), respectively, and approximately 8% and 6% of the Company's domestic cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, resulted from in-store merchandiser specialist services purchased from certain of the Company's other affiliates, National Retail Source, LLC ("NRS"), and prior to August 1, 2013, National Merchandising of America, Inc. ("NMA") (See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Related-Party Transactions).

Internationally, the cost of revenue decreased to 80.9% of net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to 81.2% of net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The cost of revenue percentage decrease of 0.3% was primarily due to lower cost margin business in Mexico, South Africa, China and Japan partially offset by higher cost margin business in India and Turkey.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses of the Company include its corporate overhead, project management, information technology, executive compensation, human resources, legal and accounting expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $18.5 million and $16.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Domestic selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $9.0 million for nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $8.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase of $300,000 was primarily due to employee stock compensation expense related to the acceleration of the Restricted Stock Unit awards for the former/retired CEO, and increased accounting fees.

International selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $9.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $8.2 million for the same period in 2013. The increase of approximately $1.3 million was primarily attributable to increases in Mexico, China, Japan and South Africa in support of the revenue growth for the period.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization charges totaled $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and $1.1 million for the same period in 2013. The increase of $200,000 is primarily attributable to amortization related to an increase in capitalized software.

Interest Expense

The Company's net interest expense was $128,000 and $80,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase in interest expense was due primarily to increased borrowing in the United States and Canada.

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Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other income totaled $202,000 and $73,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Income Taxes

The income tax provision totaled $373,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $200,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Non-controlling Interest

Net operating profits from the non-controlling interest, from the Company's 51% owned subsidiaries, resulted in a reduction of net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc. of $565,000 and $550,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively.

Net Income

The Company reported net income of $590,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to $244,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the corresponding period last year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources  

In the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company had a net income before non-controlling interest of $1.2 million. .

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $4.5 million and $4.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to net income and an increase in accrued expenses, partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable and a decrease in accounts payable.

Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and September 30, 2013, was approximately $1.5 million and $2.3 million, respectively. The net cash used in investing activities in 2014 was due to fixed asset additions. The main difference in cash used in investing activities year-over-year is the $1.3 million investment to acquire the MFI business in 2013.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was approximately $19,000, compared to $690,000 used in 2013. Net cash provided by financing activities was primarily from increased borrowing on lines of credit partially offset by the purchase of treasury shares.

The above activity resulted in an increase in cash and cash equivalents for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 of $2.8 million.

At September 30, 2014, the Company had net working capital of $14.8 million, as compared to $13.6 million at December 31, 2013. The Company's current ratio was 2.1 at both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Company's accounting policies for financial instruments and disclosures relating to financial instruments require that the Company's consolidated balance sheets include the following financial instruments: cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and lines of credit. The Company carries current assets and liabilities at their stated or face amounts in its consolidated financial statements, as the Company believes those amounts approximate the fair value for these items because of the relatively short period of time between origination of the asset or liability and their expected realization or payment. The Company monitors the risks associated with asset and liability positions, as well as interest rates. The Company's investment policy objectives require the preservation and safety of the principal, and the maximization of the return on investment based upon its safety and liquidity objectives.

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The Company is exposed to market risk related to the variable interest rate on its lines of credit, both in its United States subsidiaries (i.e., the Domestic Merchandising Services Division) and in its International (non-U.S.) subsidiaries (i.e., the International Merchandising Services Division). At September 30, 2014, the Company's outstanding lines of credit and other debt totaled approximately $4.6 million, as noted in the table below (in thousands):

Location	Variable Interest Rate (1)		US Dollars (2)
United States		2.8%	$	4,054
International		0.1%-7.1%		592
			$	4,646

(1) Based on interest rate at September 30, 2014.

(2) Based on exchange rate at September 30, 2014.

The Company has foreign currency exposure associated with its international subsidiaries. In both 2014 and 2013, these exposures are primarily concentrated in the South African Rand, the Canadian Dollar, the Mexican Peso, the Australian Dollar and the Japanese Yen.

Item 4.      Controls and Procedures

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company's management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the registrant, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Management has designed such internal control over financial reporting by the Company to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

The Company's management has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting using the "Internal Control – Integrated Framework (1992)" created by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO") framework. Based on this evaluation, management has concluded that internal controls over financial reporting were effective as of September 30, 2014.

Management's Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company's chief executive officer and chief financial officer have each reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, as required by Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) and Rule 15d-15(b). Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have each concluded that the Company's current disclosure controls and procedures are effective to insure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports it files, or submits under the Exchange Act were recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's third quarter of its 2014 fiscal year that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.      Legal Proceedings

The Company is a party to various legal actions and administrative proceedings arising in the normal course of business. See Note 10 to Consolidated Financial Statements – Commitments and Contingencies.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors

Existing Risk Factors

Various risk factors applicable to the Company and its businesses are described in Item 1A under the caption "Risk Factors" in SGRP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2014 (the "2013 Annual Report"), which risk factors are incorporated by reference into this Quarterly Report. There have been no material changes in the Company's risk factors since those reports.

Item 2.      Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 2(a): Not applicable

Item 2(b): Not applicable

Item 2(c): Not applicable

Item 3.      Defaults upon Senior Securities

Item 3(a): Defaults under Indebtedness: None.

Item 3(b): Defaults under Preferred Stock: None.

Item 4.      Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable. 

Item 5.      Other Information

Not applicable.

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Item 6.       Exhibits

31.1	Certification of the CEO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.
31.2	Certification of the CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.
32.1	Certification of the CEO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.
32.2	Certification of the CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.
101.INS*	XBRL Instance
101.SCH*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation
101.DEF*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition
101.LAB*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels
101.PRE*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation

* XBRL information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 14, 2014	SPAR Group, Inc., Registrant
	By:	/s/ James R. Segreto
	James R. Segreto
	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,
	Secretary and duly authorized signatory

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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jill Blanchard, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (this "report"), of SPAR Group, Inc. (the "registrant");

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

(d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2014	/s/ Jill Blanchard
	Jill Blanchard
	President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James R. Segreto, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (this "report"), of SPAR Group, Inc. (the "registrant");

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

(d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2014	/s/ James R. Segreto
	James R. Segreto, Chief Financial Officer,
	Treasurer and Secretary

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

EXHIBIT 32.1

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (this "report"), of SPAR Group, Inc. (the "registrant"), the undersigned hereby certifies that, to his knowledge:

1.     The report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

2.     The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.

/s/ Jill Blanchard

Jill Blanchard

President and Chief Executive Officer

November 14, 2014

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to SPAR Group, Inc. and will be retained by SPAR Group, Inc., and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. 

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SPAR Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

EXHIBIT 32.2

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (this "report"), of SPAR Group, Inc. (the "registrant"), the undersigned hereby certifies that, to his knowledge:

1.     The report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

2.     The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.

/s/ James R. Segreto

James R. Segreto

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

November 14, 2014

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to SPAR Group, Inc. and will be retained by SPAR Group, Inc., and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. 

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Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Jul. 31, 2014 Unilink [Member] SPAR Shanghai [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting Co. Ltd [Member] SPAR Shanghai [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 SPAR Shanghai [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Intersegment Eliminations [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments			2
Revenue, Net (in Dollars)	$ 31,009,000	$ 27,753,000	$ 89,969,000	$ 80,152,000				$ 0	$ 0
Non-Cash Consideration Given to Acquire Assets, Percentage of Ownership of Subsidiary Transferred					20.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent							51.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners					20.00%	29.00%

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Note 13 - Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries (Details) - Pro Forma Information (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Actual Unilink from August 1 to September 30, 2014	$ 1,614
Actual Unilink from August 1 to September 30, 2014	43
Revenue		31,847	30,086	95,549	86,084
Net Income		$ 405	$ 454	$ 798	$ 620

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Note 5 - Capital Lease Obligations (Details) - Annual Future Minimum Lease Payments Required under Leases (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014
Annual Future Minimum Lease Payments Required under Leases [Abstract]
As of September 30, 2014	$ 22
Present value of net minimum lease payments, included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$ 22

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Note 13 - Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

Customer list $ 1,469,922

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

	Revenue		Net Income
Actual Unilink from August 1 to September 30, 2014	$	1,614	$	43
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from July 1 to September 30, 2014	$	31,847	$	405
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from July 1 to September 30, 2013	$	30,086	$	454
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from January 1 to September 30, 2014	$	95,549	$	798
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from January 1 to September 30, 2013	$	86,084	$	620

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Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 31,009,000	$ 27,753,000	$ 89,969,000	$ 80,152,000
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | MEXICO
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	16.10%	14.40%	15.80%	14.10%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | SOUTH AFRICA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	14.20%	14.00%	13.70%	14.70%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | CHINA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	9.80%	6.90%	6.40%	6.20%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | INDIA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	6.00%	4.30%	5.70%	4.10%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | CANADA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	5.30%	5.60%	5.40%	5.50%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | AUSTRALIA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	4.40%	4.60%	4.90%	6.30%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | JAPAN
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	4.30%	7.50%	6.80%	5.80%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | TURKEY
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	2.40%	1.90%	2.10%	2.90%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | International [Member]
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
% of consolidated net revenue	62.50%	59.20%	60.80%	59.60%
MEXICO
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	4,983,000	4,002,000	14,181,000	11,277,000
SOUTH AFRICA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	4,388,000	3,873,000	12,358,000	11,809,000
CHINA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	3,046,000	1,911,000	5,791,000	4,956,000
INDIA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	1,850,000	1,203,000	5,112,000	3,318,000
CANADA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	1,643,000	1,545,000	4,858,000	4,389,000
AUSTRALIA
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	1,366,000	1,283,000	4,441,000	5,046,000
JAPAN
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	1,338,000	2,079,000	6,090,000	4,680,000
TURKEY
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	729,000	530,000	1,873,000	2,287,000
International [Member]
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Geographic Data [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 19,343,000	$ 16,426,000	$ 54,704,000	$ 47,762,000

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Note 7 - Preferred Stock (Details) (USD $)						12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013		Mar. 10, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Note 7 - Preferred Stock (Details) [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	2,445,598	2,445,598	[1]		3,000,000	3,000,000	2,445,598
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]		$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage						10.00%
Common Stock for Conversion				554,402
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	0	0	[1]				0
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	0	0	[1]				0

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Note 13 - Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries (Details) - Allocation Between Identifiable Intangibles and Goodwill (Customer Lists [Member], USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014
Customer Lists [Member]
Note 13 - Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries (Details) - Allocation Between Identifiable Intangibles and Goodwill [Line Items]
Customer list	$ 1,469,922

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Note 3 - Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

3.     Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Numerator:
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	383	$	331	$	590	$	244
Denominator:
Shares used in basic net income per share calculation		20,584		20,503		20,585		20,483
Effect of diluted securities:
Stock options		941		1,278		1,102		1,225
Shares used in diluted net income per share calculations		21,525		21,781		21,687		21,708
Basic net income per common share:	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.03	$	0.01
Diluted net income per common share:	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.03	$	0.01

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Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Long Lived Assets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long lived assets	$ 9,770	$ 8,632
UNITED STATES
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long lived assets	6,213	6,222
International [Member]
Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long lived assets	$ 3,557	$ 2,410

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Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Credit Facilities Loan Balance (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Credit Facilities Loan Balance [Line Items]
Loan Balance	$ 4,557		$ 4,311
Japan Term Loan	89		113
Japan Term Loan	0.10%	[1]	0.10%	[2]
United States [Member]
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Credit Facilities Loan Balance [Line Items]
Loan Balance	4,054		3,615
Interest Rate	2.80%	[1]	2.80%	[2]
Australia [Member]
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Credit Facilities Loan Balance [Line Items]
Loan Balance	$ 503		$ 696
Interest Rate	7.10%	[1]	7.00%	[2]

[1] Based on interest rate at September 30, 2014

[2] Based on interest rate at December 31, 2013

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Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details)	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 Sterling Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Oxford Funding Pty Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Oxford Funding Pty Ltd [Member] AUD	Sep. 30, 2014 Mizuho Bank [Member} USD ($)	Mar. 07, 2011 Mizuho Bank [Member} USD ($)
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 7,500,000	$ 1,000,000	1,200,000
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.125%
Percent of Eligible Domestic Accounts Receivable Less Certain Reserves To Calculate Borrowing Availability	85.00%	80.00%	80.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					182,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment				2,200
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				0.10%
Loans Payable				$ 89,000

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Note 12 - Discontinued Operations (Details) (Romanian Disposal Group [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2013
Romanian Disposal Group [Member]
Note 12 - Discontinued Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Acquisition Costs or Sale Proceeds	$ 348,465
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses	$ 187,767
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.00%

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Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Unused Availability (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Unused Availability [Line Items]
Unusеd Αvailability	$ 3,990	$ 3,253
UNITED STATES
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Unused Availability [Line Items]
Unusеd Αvailability	3,446	2,885
AUSTRALIA
Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Details) - Unused Availability [Line Items]
Unusеd Αvailability	$ 544	$ 368

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Note 5 - Capital Lease Obligations (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Leases, Capital [Abstract]
Number of Outstanding Capital Lease Obligations	2
Capital Lease Interest Rate	4.50%

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Note 2 - Business and Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Nature of Operations [Text Block]

2.     Business and Organization

The Company is a supplier of merchandising and other marketing services throughout the United States and internationally. The Company also provides in-store event staffing, product sampling, audit services, furniture and other product assembly services, technology services and marketing research services. Assembly services are performed in stores, homes and offices while those other services are primarily performed in mass merchandiser, office supply, value, grocery, drug, independent, convenience, toy, home improvement and electronics stores.

Merchandising services primarily consist of regularly scheduled, special project and other product services provided at the store level, and the Company may be engaged by either the retailer or the manufacturer. Those services may include restocking and adding new products, removing spoiled or outdated products, resetting categories "on the shelf" in accordance with client or store schematics, confirming and replacing shelf tags, setting new sale or promotional product displays and advertising, replenishing kiosks, providing in-store event staffing and providing assembly services in stores, homes and offices. Other merchandising services include whole store or departmental product sets or resets, including new store openings, new product launches and in-store demonstrations, audit services, special seasonal or promotional merchandising, focused product support and product recalls. The Company also provides technology services and marketing research services.

As of September 30, 2014, the Company operates in 9 countries and divides its operations into two reportable segments: its Domestic Merchandising Services Division, which provides those services in the United States of America since certain of its predecessors were formed in 1979; and its International Merchandising Services Division, which began operations in May 2001 and provides similar merchandising, marketing and in-store event staffing services in Japan, Canada, South Africa, India, China, Australia, Mexico and Turkey.

The Company continues to focus on expanding its merchandising and marketing services business throughout the world.

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Note 5 - Capital Lease Obligations (Details) - Capital Lease Assets Balances (January 2012 Lease [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014
January 2012 Lease [Member]
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
January, 2012	$ 253
January, 2012	231
January, 2012	$ 22

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Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Segment Reporting Information (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 31,009,000	$ 27,753,000	$ 89,969,000	$ 80,152,000
Operating income	547,000	390,000	1,454,000	903,000
Interest expense	44,000	28,000	128,000	80,000
Income tax expense	21,000	(139,000)	373,000	200,000
Net income from continuing operations	571,000	506,000	1,155,000	696,000
Depreciation and amortization	430,000	388,000	1,260,000	1,097,000
Capital expenditures	410,000	312,000	1,084,000	1,039,000
Other expense (income), net	(89,000)	(5,000)	(202,000)	(73,000)
Income before income tax expense	592,000	367,000	1,528,000	896,000
UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	11,666,000	11,327,000	35,265,000	32,390,000
Operating income	557,000	99,000	852,000	383,000
Interest expense	22,000	15,000	62,000	40,000
Income tax expense				(25,000)
Net income from continuing operations	442,000	225,000	697,000	377,000
Depreciation and amortization	321,000	307,000	964,000	858,000
Capital expenditures	252,000	224,000	765,000	855,000
Other expense (income), net	93,000	(141,000)	93,000	(9,000)
Income before income tax expense	535,000	84,000	790,000	368,000
International [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	19,343,000	16,426,000	54,704,000	47,762,000
Operating income	(10,000)	291,000	602,000	520,000
Interest expense	22,000	13,000	66,000	40,000
Income tax expense	(72,000)	2,000	280,000	209,000
Net income from continuing operations	129,000	281,000	458,000	319,000
Depreciation and amortization	109,000	81,000	296,000	239,000
Capital expenditures	158,000	88,000	319,000	184,000
Other expense (income), net	(89,000)	(5,000)	(202,000)	(48,000)
Income before income tax expense	$ 57,000	$ 283,000	$ 738,000	$ 528,000

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 5,622	$ 2,814	[1]
Accounts receivable, net	21,844	21,734	[1]
Deferred income taxes	410	456	[1]
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	509	642	[1]
Total current assets	28,385	25,646	[1]
Property and equipment, net	2,238	2,032	[1]
Goodwill	1,800	1,800	[1]
Intangible assets, net	3,339	2,259	[1]
Deferred income taxes	1,900	1,900	[1]
Other assets	493	641	[1]
Total assets	38,155	34,278	[1]
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	3,695	4,267	[1]
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	8,149	5,854	[1]
Accrued expenses due to affiliates	729	560	[1]
Customer deposits	490	673	[1]
Lines of credit	503	696	[1]
Total current liabilities	13,566	12,050	[1]
Long-term debt and other liabilities	4,120	3,672	[1]
Total liabilities	17,686	15,722	[1]
Commitments and Contingencies – See Note 10			[1]
Preferred stock, $.01 par value:
Authorized and available shares– 2,445,598 Issued and outstanding shares– None – September 30, 2014 and None – December 31, 2013			[1]
Common stock, $.01 par value:
Authorized shares – 47,000,000 Issued shares – 20,680,717 – September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013	207	207	[1]
Treasury stock, at cost 124,163 shares – September 30, 2014 and 181,931 shares – December 31, 2013	(188)	(356)	[1]
Additional paid-in capital	15,589	15,339	[1]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,409)	(1,031)	[1]
Retained earnings	2,244	1,654	[1]
Total SPAR Group, Inc. equity	16,443	15,813	[1]
Non-controlling interest	4,026	2,743	[1]
Total Equity	20,469	18,556	[1]
Total liabilities and equity	$ 38,155	$ 34,278	[1]

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Note 12 - Discontinued Operations (Details) - Components of Earnings from Discontinued Operations (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net revenues		$ 952		$ 3,426
Cost of revenues	23,703	21,228	68,733	61,252
Gross profit		219		690
Selling, general and administrative expenses		208		562
Depreciation and amortization				1
Operating income		11		127
Other (income) expense, net		(6)		(11)
Income before provision for income tax expense		17		138
Income tax expense				40
Income from discontinued operations		17		98
Romanian Disposal Group [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cost of revenues		$ 733		$ 2,736

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013
Operating activities
Net income	$ 1,155		$ 794
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	1,260		1,100
Bad debt expense, net of recoveries	162		48
Share based compensation	534		438
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions and disposition:
Accounts receivable	(384)		2,299
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(47)		(512)
Accounts payable	(572)		(153)
Accrued expenses, other current liabilities and customer deposits	2,394		812
Net cash provided by operating activities	4,502		4,826
Investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software	(1,084)		(1,039)
Partners' investment in subsidiaries			20
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,459)		(2,340)
Financing activities
Net borrowing (payment) on lines of credit	241		(177)
Proceeds from stock options exercised	53		95
Payments on term debt	(19)		(22)
Payments on capital lease obligations	(87)		(154)
Purchase of treasury shares	(169)		(232)
Payment of notes to seller			(200)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	19		(690)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash	(254)		(477)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	2,808		1,319
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	2,814	[1]	1,792
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	5,622		3,111
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information
Interest paid	103		98
Income taxes paid	324		224
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities
Liability related to acquisition of Unilink subsidiary	375
Increase in non-controlling interest attributable to acquisition of Unilink subsidiary	720
MFI Business [Member]
Investing activities
Purchase of subsidiary			(1,300)
India Preceptor Subsidiairy [Member]
Investing activities
Purchase of subsidiary			(21)
Unilink [Member]
Investing activities
Purchase of subsidiary	$ (375)

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Note 6 - Related Party Transactions (Details) - Transactions Between the Company and Affiliates (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Services provided by affiliates	$ 7,207	$ 7,130	$ 21,924	$ 19,563
Field Merchandiser Services (SBS) [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Services provided by affiliates	5,605	5,417	16,658	14,304
Field Management Services [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Services provided by affiliates	1,056	1,266	3,361	3,706
Field Merchandiser Services NMA [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Services provided by affiliates	$ 546	$ 447	$ 1,905	$ 1,553

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Note 5 - Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Leases, Capital [Abstract]

Schedule of Capital Leased Assets [Table Text Block]

Start Date:	Original Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value at September 30, 2014
January, 2012	$	253	$	231	$	22

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases [Table Text Block]

	Amount
As of September 30, 2014	$	22
Less amount representing interest		-
Present value of net minimum lease payments, included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	22

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Note 6 - Related Party Transactions (Details) - Accrued Expenses (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accrued Expenses [Abstract]
Total accrued expenses due to affiliates	$ 729	$ 560	[1]

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Note 12 - Discontinued Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
Net revenues	$	-	$	952		$	-	$	3,426
Cost of revenues		-		733			-		2,736
Gross profit		-		219			-		690
Selling, general and administrative expenses		-		208			-		562
Depreciation and amortization		-		-			-		1
Operating income		-		11			-		127
Other (income) expense, net		-		(6	)		-		(11	)
Income before provision for income tax expense		-		17					138
Income tax expense		-		-			-		40
Income from discontinued operations	$	-	$	17		$	-	$	98

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

1.     Basis of Presentation

The unaudited, consolidated financial statements of SPAR Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SGRP"), and its subsidiaries (together with SGRP, collectively, the "Company" or the "SPAR Group"), accompanying this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (this "Quarterly Report"), have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included in these interim financial statements. However, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the Company as contained in the SGRP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2014 (the "2013 Annual Report"), and SGRP's Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as filed with the SEC on April 24, 2014 (the "2014 Proxy Statement"). Particular attention should be given to Items 1 and 1A of the 2013 Annual Report respecting the Company's Business and Risk Factors, respectively, and the following parts of SGRP's 2014 Proxy Statement: (i) SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT, (ii) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, (iii) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, COMPENSATION, DIRECTORS AND OTHER INFORMATION and (iv) EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, EQUITY AWARDS AND OPTIONS. The Company's results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of its operating results for the entire year.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Preferred stock, shares authorized	2,445,598	2,445,598	[1]
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0	[1]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0	[1]
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	[1]
Common stock, shares authorized	47,000,000	47,000,000	[1]
Common stock, shares issued	20,680,717	20,680,717	[1]
Treasury stock, shares	124,163	181,931	[1]

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Note 11 - Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

11.     Segment Information

The Company reports net revenue and operating income from continuing operations by reportable segment. Reportable segments are components of the Company for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated on a regular basis by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

The Company provides similar merchandising and marketing services throughout the world, operating within two reportable segments, its Domestic Merchandising Services Division and its International Merchandising Services Division. The Company uses those divisions to improve its administration and operational and strategic focuses, and it tracks and reports certain financial information separately for each of those divisions. The Company measures the performance of its domestic and international divisions and subsidiaries using the same metrics. The primary measurement utilized by management is operating profits, historically the key indicator of long-term growth and profitability, as the Company is focused on reinvesting the operating profits of each of its international subsidiaries back into its local markets in an effort to improve market share and continued expansion efforts.

Management evaluates performance based on profit or loss from operations, as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenue:
United States	$	11,666		$	11,327		$	35,265		$	32,390
International		19,343			16,426			54,704			47,762
Total revenue	$	31,009		$	27,753		$	89,969		$	80,152
Operating income (loss):
United States	$	557		$	99		$	852		$	383
International		(10	)		291			602			520
Total operating income	$	547		$	390		$	1,454		$	903
Interest expense:
United States	$	22		$	15		$	62		$	40
International		22			13			66			40
Total interest expense	$	44		$	28		$	128		$	80
Other (income) expense, net:
United States	$	–		$	–		$	–		$	(25	)
International		(89	)		(5	)		(202	)		(48	)
Total other (income) expense, net	$	(89	)	$	(5	)	$	(202	)	$	(73	)
Income before provision for income taxes:
United States	$	535		$	84		$	790		$	368
International		57			283			738			528
Total income before provision for income taxes	$	592		$	367		$	1,528		$	896
Income tax expense (benefit):
United States	$	93		$	(141	)	$	93		$	(9	)
International		(72	)		2			280			209
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	21		$	(139	)	$	373		$	200
Net income from continuing operations:
United States	$	442		$	225		$	697		$	377
International		129			281			458			319
Total net income from continuing operations	$	571		$	506		$	1,155		$	696
Depreciation and amortization:
United States	$	321		$	307		$	964		$	858
International		109			81			296			239
Total depreciation and amortization	$	430		$	388		$	1,260		$	1,097
Capital expenditures:
United States	$	252		$	224		$	765		$	855
International		158			88			319			184
Total capital expenditures	$	410		$	312		$	1,084		$	1,039

Note: There were no inter-company sales for 2014 or 2013. 

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
Assets:
United States	$	17,186	$	17,651
International		20,969		16,627
Total assets	$	38,155	$	34,278

Geographic Data (in thousands)

	Three Months Ended September 30,										Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014					2013					2014					2013
International revenue:			% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue
Mexico	$	4,983		16.1	%	$	4,002		14.4	%	$	14,181		15.8	%	$	11,277		14.1	%
South Africa		4,388		14.2			3,873		14.0			12,358		13.7			11,809		14.7
China		3,046		9.8			1,911		6.9			5,791		6.4			4,956		6.2
India		1,850		6.0			1,203		4.3			5,112		5.7			3,318		4.1
Canada		1,643		5.3			1,545		5.6			4,858		5.4			4,389		5.5
Australia		1,366		4.4			1,283		4.6			4,441		4.9			5,046		6.3
Japan		1,338		4.3			2,079		7.5			6,090		6.8			4,680		5.8
Turkey		729		2.4			530		1.9			1,873		2.1			2,287		2.9
Total international revenue	$	19,343		62.5	%	$	16,426		59.2	%	$	54,704		60.8	%	$	47,762		59.6	%

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
Long lived assets:
United States	$	6,213	$	6,222
International		3,557		2,410
Total long lived assets	$	9,770	$	8,632

On July 2014, the Company, through its subsidiary in Hong Kong, SPAR China Ltd., entered into an agreement to purchase certain business assets, fixed assets and merchandising teams of the following three companies in China: Shanghai Unilink Marketing Execution and Design Co. Ltd, Shanghai Gold Park Investment Management Co. Ltd, and Beijing Merchandising Sales and Marketing Co. Ltd (collectively Unilink). As consideration for the purchase, Unilink received cash and 20% ownership in SPAR Shanghai. As a result of this transaction, current ownership interest in SPAR Shanghai is SPAR 51%, Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting Co. Ltd 29% and Unilink 20%. The Company consolidated operations beginning August 1, 2014.

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Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Nov. 06, 2014
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	SPAR GROUP INC
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		20,556,554
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001004989
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3

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Note 12 - Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

12.     Discontinued Operations

Effective August 31, 2013, the Company sold its equity interests and working capital investment in its Romanian subsidiary, SPAR Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. ("BIP"), to a Company affiliate, SPAR InfoTech, Inc. ("SIT"), for a total purchase price of $348,465. The Company received, at closing, $187,767 in cash and the balance is payable over 30 months with interest at 6% per annum. The purchase price was equal to the book value of the Company's interests in BIP, which management believes approximates fair value. The sale to SIT was approved by the Company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors.

As a result of the sale, the Romanian operations were reported in the consolidated financial statements of the Company as a discontinued operation. The consolidated statements of cash flows do not separately report the cash flows of the discontinued operations.

The components of the earnings from discontinued operations are presented below (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
Net revenues	$	-	$	952		$	-	$	3,426
Cost of revenues		-		733			-		2,736
Gross profit		-		219			-		690
Selling, general and administrative expenses		-		208			-		562
Depreciation and amortization		-		-			-		1
Operating income		-		11			-		127
Other (income) expense, net		-		(6	)		-		(11	)
Income before provision for income tax expense		-		17					138
Income tax expense		-		-			-		40
Income from discontinued operations	$	-	$	17		$	-	$	98

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Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Net revenues	$ 31,009	$ 27,753	$ 89,969	$ 80,152
Cost of revenues	23,703	21,228	68,733	61,252
Gross profit	7,306	6,525	21,236	18,900
Selling, general and administrative expense	6,329	5,747	18,522	16,900
Depreciation and amortization	430	388	1,260	1,097
Operating income	547	390	1,454	903
Interest expense	44	28	128	80
Other (income) expense, net	(89)	(5)	(202)	(73)
Income before provision for income taxes	592	367	1,528	896
Income tax expense (benefit)	21	(139)	373	200
Income from continuing operations	571	506	1,155	696
Income from discontinued operations		17		98
Net income	571	523	1,155	794
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(423)	56	(378)	(505)
Comprehensive income	148	579	777	289
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest	(188)	(192)	(565)	(550)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	(40)	387	212	(261)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	(188)	(192)	(565)	(550)
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$ 383	$ 331	$ 590	$ 244
Continuing operations (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.03	$ 0.01
Discontinued operations (in Dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Continuing operations (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.03	$ 0.01
Discontinued operations (in Dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted average common shares – basic (in Shares)	20,584	20,503	20,585	20,483
Weighted average common shares – diluted (in Shares)	21,525	21,781	21,687	21,708

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Note 6 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

6.     Related-Party Transactions

SGRP's policy respecting approval of transactions with related persons, promoters and control persons is contained in the SPAR Group Code of Ethical Conduct for its Directors, Senior Executives and Employees Amended and Restated (as of) August 1, 2012 (the "Ethics Code"). Article V of the Ethics Code generally prohibits each "Covered Person" (including SGRP's officers and directors) from engaging in any business activity that conflicts with his or her duties to the Company, and directs each "Covered Person" to avoid any activity or interest that is inconsistent with the best interests of the SPAR Group, in each case except for any "Approved Activity" (as such terms are defined in the Ethics Code). Examples of violations include (among other things) having any ownership interest in, acting as a director or officer of or otherwise personally benefiting from business with any competitor, customer or vendor of the Company other than pursuant to any Approved Activity. Approved Activities include (among other things) any contract with an affiliated person (each an "Approved Affiliate Contract") or anything else disclosed to and approved by SGRP's Board of Directors (the "Board"), its Governance Committee or its Audit Committee, as the case may be, as well as the ownership, board, executive and other positions in SBS, SAS, SIT, NMA, NRS and others (as defined and described below) held by certain directors, officers or employees of SGRP or their family members. The Company's senior management is generally responsible for monitoring compliance with the Ethics Code and establishing and maintaining compliance systems, including conflicting relationships and transactions, subject to the review and oversight of SGRP's Governance Committee as provided in clause IV.11 of the Governance Committee's Charter, and SGRP's Audit Committee as provided in clause I.2(l) of the Audit Committee's Charter. The Governance Committee and Audit Committee each consist solely of independent outside directors.

SGRP's Audit Committee has the specific duty and responsibility to review and approve the overall fairness of all material related-party transactions. The Audit Committee receives every affiliate contract and amendment thereto for its review and approval (to the extent approval is given), and each contract is periodically (often annually) again reviewed, in accordance with the Audit Charter, the Ethics Code, the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq"), and other applicable law to ensure that the overall economic and other terms will be (or continue to be) no less favorable to the Company than would be the case in an arms-length contract with an unrelated provider of similar services (i.e., its overall fairness). The Audit Committee periodically reviews all of the related party relationships and transactions described below, and as of this Annual Report the parties are in compliance with those agreements.

SPAR Business Services, Inc. ("SBS"), SPAR Administrative Services, Inc. ("SAS") and SPAR InfoTech, Inc. ("SIT") are affiliates of SGRP but are not part of the consolidated Company. Mr. Robert G. Brown, a Director, the Chairman and a major stockholder of SGRP, and Mr. William H. Bartels, a Director and the Vice Chairman of the Company and a major stockholder of SGRP, are the sole stockholders of SBS and SAS. Mr. Brown is the sole stockholder of SIT. Mr. Brown is a director and officer of SBS and SIT. Mr. Bartels is a director and officer of SAS.

SBS provided approximately 80% and 77% of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by the Company (as a percentage of the total cost for such field force, including field force provided by NRS, as defined below) for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and SAS provided approximately 93% and 97% of the direct domestic field administration used by the Company (as a percentage of the total cost for such field administrators) at a total cost for the services of SBS and SAS of approximately $20 million and $18 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Field Service Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004, as amended in 2011, the Company received services from SBS through the use of approximately 7,400 field merchandising specialists during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Field Management Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004, the Company received administrative services from SAS through the use of 53 full-time national, regional and district administrators during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. For those services, the Company contracted in the Existing Agreements to pay SBS and SAS on a "Cost Plus Fee" arrangement, which provides that the Company is to pay SBS and SAS for their costs of providing those services plus 4% of such costs (the "Cost Plus Fee"). Those costs include field expenses of SBS (excluding workers compensation expense), all payroll and employment tax expenses of SAS and all legal and other administrative expenses paid by either of them. The net total Cost Plus Fee earned by SAS and SBS for services rendered was approximately $770,000 and $693,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In order to obtain and continue its favorable fee arrangement with SBS and SAS, the Company also arranged to provide certain administrative services directly to SBS and SAS without charge, including certain human resource and legal services. The Company believes this arrangement also is more efficient and cost effective. The value of these services was approximately $502,000 and $455,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Those service agreements with SBS and SAS were scheduled to automatically renew on December 31, 2013, but in order to prevent such automatic renewal and permit renegotiation after the end of 2013, the Company gave SBS and SAS the required notice of non-renewal under those agreements and from time to time has entered into temporary extension agreements with them to temporarily extend the Existing Agreements to November 30, 2014. The parties have had extensive negotiations for over a year to try to resolve their pricing and related differences.

On October 20, 2014, SMF sent a proposal to SBS and SAS to continue purchasing services from them on and after December 1, 2014, on the revised terms set forth in that letter (the "Offer Letter"), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to SGRP's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on October 20, 2014. The Offer Letter reduces the Cost Plus Fee from 4% to 2% of the applicable costs, clarifies certain costs and otherwise proposes to continue to be bound by the provisions of the Existing Agreements. No response was requested or required from SBS and SAS under the Offer Letter (because of the offer's unilateral nature) other than the continued performance of services on the proposed revise terms. SAS and SBS have stated their intent to continue to provide their services under the Existing Agreements, but have advised the Company that they will not accept such proposed pricing changes and made counterproposals (which were not accepted by the Company). On November 10, 2014, the parties agreed to retain an independent third party to review and independently analyze the cost components and structure under the Existing Agreements to provide a common framework for their continued negotiations. The Company expects that SAS and SBS will continue to provide their services to the Company and that pricing and other disagreements will eventually be resolved and adjusted (if and to the extent applicable).

No salary reimbursements for Mr. Brown or Mr. Bartels are included in such reimbursable costs or Cost Plus Fee. However, since SBS and SAS are "Subchapter S" corporations and are owned by Messrs. Brown and Bartels, all income from SBS and SAS is allocated to them.

National Merchandising Services, LLC ("NMS"), is a consolidated domestic subsidiary of the Company and is owned jointly by SGRP through its indirect ownership of 51% of the NMS membership interests and by National Merchandising of America, Inc. ("NMA"), through its ownership of the other 49% of the NMS membership interests. Mr. Edward Burdekin is the Chief Executive Officer and President and a director of NMS and also is an executive officer and director of NMA and the sole member and manager of National Retail Source, LLC (“NRS”). Ms. Andrea Burdekin, Mr. Burdekin's wife, is the sole stockholder and a director of NMA and a director of NMS. NRS and NMA are affiliates of the Company but are not consolidated with the Company. NMS commenced operations as of September 1, 2012.

NRS is expected to provide substantially all of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by NMS. Pursuant to the terms of the Master Field Services Agreement dated as of August 1, 2013 (the "NRS Services Agreement"), NMS will receive merchandising services from NRS through the use of approximately 974 field merchandising specialists. Prior to that date, NMS received such merchandising services from NMA pursuant to the terms of the substantially similar Field Services Agreement dated as of July 31, 2012, as amended (the “NMA Services Agreement”). For those services, the Company has agreed to reimburse NRS (and NMA before it) for its total costs of providing those services and to pay NRS (and NMA before it) a fee equal to 2% of its total costs (the "Plus 2% Fee"). Those costs include all field and workers compensation insurance expenses of NRS (and NMA before it) but exclude certain legal and other administrative expenses. Accordingly, no salary reimbursement for Mr. Burdekin or Ms. Burdekin are included in such reimbursable costs or Plus 2% Fee.

NRS (and before that NMA) provided all of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by NMS and 9% and 8% of all of the domestic merchandising specialist field force used by the Company (as a percentage of the total cost for such field force, including the field force provided by SBS) for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The total Plus 2% Fee earned by NRS for services rendered was approximately $38,000 and $30,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

In connection with the approval of those related party agreements with NMA in 2012, the Board approved, based (in part) on the recommendation and approval of its Governance Committee (which is comprised solely of independent directors), the restated Ethics Code. As a result, the newly approved NRS Field Services Agreement is, and the NMA Field Services Agreement and other previously approved affiliate contracts continue to be, Approved Activities under the Ethics Code.

The Company continues to purchase services from SBS, SAS and NRS because it believes the value of services it receives from them are at least as favorable to the Company as it could obtain from non-affiliated providers of similar services. The Company believes it is the largest and most important customer of SBS, SAS and NRS (and from time to time may be their only customer), and accordingly the Company is able to negotiate better terms, receives more personal and responsive service and is more likely to receive credits and other financial accommodations from SBS, SAS and NRS than the Company could reasonably expect to receive from an unrelated service provider who has significant other customers and business. The Company periodically evaluates these fees and rates charged by comparable national labor sourcing firms to serve as a comparison to the rates charged by SBS, SAS and NRS. Based on an analysis performed by management, the Company believes that its cost of revenue would have increased by at approximately $594,000 and $550,000 for the nine months ended September 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, if the Company would have instead used an unaffiliated entity to provide comparable services. All affiliate contracts are reviewed and approved by SGRP's Audit Committee, as described above.

The following costs of affiliates were charged to the Company (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Net cost of field merchandiser services (SBS)	$	5,605	$	5,417	$	16,658	$	14,304
Total costs of field management services (SAS)	$	1,056	$	1,266	$	3,361	$	3,706
Total costs of field merchandiser services (NMA and NRS)	$	546	$	447	$	1,905	$	1,553
Total costs charged by affiliates	$	7,207	$	7,130	$	21,924	$	19,563

	September 30,		December 31,
Accrued expenses due to affiliates (in thousands):	2014		2013
Total accrued expenses due to affiliates	$	729	$	560

In July 1999, SPAR Marketing Force, Inc. (“SMF”), SBS and SIT entered into a perpetual software ownership agreement providing that each party independently owned an undivided share of and had the right to unilaterally license and exploit their "Business Manager" Internet job scheduling software (which had been jointly developed by such parties), and all related improvements, revisions, developments and documentation from time to time voluntarily made or procured by any of them at its own expense. In addition, SPAR Trademarks, Inc. ("STM"), SBS and SIT entered into separate perpetual trademark licensing agreements whereby STM has granted non-exclusive royalty-free licenses to SIT and SBS (and through them to their commonly controlled subsidiaries and affiliates by sublicenses, including SAS) for their continued use of the name "SPAR" and certain other trademarks and related rights of STM, a wholly owned subsidiary of SGRP. SBS and SAS provide services to the Company, as described above, and SIT no longer provides services to and does not compete with the Company.

Effective August 1, 2013, the Company sold its equity interests and working capital investment in its Romanian subsidiary, SPAR Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. “BIP”), to a Company affiliate, SIT, for a total purchase price of $348,465. The Company received, at closing, $187,767 in cash and the balance is payable over 29 months with interest at 6% per annum, recorded as Other Assets on the September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 consolidated balance sheets. The purchase price was equal to the book value of the Company’s interests in BIP. The sale to SIT was approved by the Company’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors.

Through arrangements with the Company, SBS, SAS and other companies owned by Mr. Brown or Mr. Bartels participate in various benefit plans, insurance policies and similar group purchases by the Company, for which the Company charges them their allocable shares of the costs of those group items and the actual costs of all items paid specifically for them. All such transactions between the Company and the above affiliates are paid and/or collected by the Company in the normal course of business.

In addition to the above, SAS purchases insurance coverage for worker compensation, casualty and property insurance risk for itself, SBS and (through SBS under contracts with them) its field merchandising specialists and the Company from Affinity Insurance, Ltd. ("Affinity"). SAS owns a minority (less than 1%) of the common stock in Affinity. The Affinity insurance premiums for such coverage are ultimately charged to SAS, SBS (and through SBS to its covered field merchandising specialists) and the Company based on the contractual arrangements of the parties.

In the event of any material dispute in the business relationships between the Company and SBS, SAS, SIT or NRS it is possible that Mr. Brown, Mr. Bartels or Mr. Burdekin may have one or more conflicts of interest with respect to these relationships and such dispute could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

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Note 5 - Capital Lease Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Leases, Capital [Abstract]

Capital Leases in Financial Statements of Lessee Disclosure [Text Block]

5.     Capital Lease Obligations

As of September 30, 2014, the Company has two outstanding capital lease obligations with an interest rate of 4.5%. The related capital lease assets balances are detailed below (in thousands):

Start Date:	Original Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value at September 30, 2014
January, 2012	$	253	$	231	$	22

Annual future minimum lease payments required under the leases, together with the present value as of September 30, 2014, are as follows (in thousands):

	Amount
As of September 30, 2014	$	22
Less amount representing interest		-
Present value of net minimum lease payments, included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	22

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Note 11 - Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenue:
United States	$	11,666		$	11,327		$	35,265		$	32,390
International		19,343			16,426			54,704			47,762
Total revenue	$	31,009		$	27,753		$	89,969		$	80,152
Operating income (loss):
United States	$	557		$	99		$	852		$	383
International		(10	)		291			602			520
Total operating income	$	547		$	390		$	1,454		$	903
Interest expense:
United States	$	22		$	15		$	62		$	40
International		22			13			66			40
Total interest expense	$	44		$	28		$	128		$	80
Other (income) expense, net:
United States	$	–		$	–		$	–		$	(25	)
International		(89	)		(5	)		(202	)		(48	)
Total other (income) expense, net	$	(89	)	$	(5	)	$	(202	)	$	(73	)
Income before provision for income taxes:
United States	$	535		$	84		$	790		$	368
International		57			283			738			528
Total income before provision for income taxes	$	592		$	367		$	1,528		$	896
Income tax expense (benefit):
United States	$	93		$	(141	)	$	93		$	(9	)
International		(72	)		2			280			209
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	21		$	(139	)	$	373		$	200
Net income from continuing operations:
United States	$	442		$	225		$	697		$	377
International		129			281			458			319
Total net income from continuing operations	$	571		$	506		$	1,155		$	696
Depreciation and amortization:
United States	$	321		$	307		$	964		$	858
International		109			81			296			239
Total depreciation and amortization	$	430		$	388		$	1,260		$	1,097
Capital expenditures:
United States	$	252		$	224		$	765		$	855
International		158			88			319			184
Total capital expenditures	$	410		$	312		$	1,084		$	1,039

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
Assets:
United States	$	17,186	$	17,651
International		20,969		16,627
Total assets	$	38,155	$	34,278

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended September 30,										Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014					2013					2014					2013
International revenue:			% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue					% of consolidated net revenue
Mexico	$	4,983		16.1	%	$	4,002		14.4	%	$	14,181		15.8	%	$	11,277		14.1	%
South Africa		4,388		14.2			3,873		14.0			12,358		13.7			11,809		14.7
China		3,046		9.8			1,911		6.9			5,791		6.4			4,956		6.2
India		1,850		6.0			1,203		4.3			5,112		5.7			3,318		4.1
Canada		1,643		5.3			1,545		5.6			4,858		5.4			4,389		5.5
Australia		1,366		4.4			1,283		4.6			4,441		4.9			5,046		6.3
Japan		1,338		4.3			2,079		7.5			6,090		6.8			4,680		5.8
Turkey		729		2.4			530		1.9			1,873		2.1			2,287		2.9
Total international revenue	$	19,343		62.5	%	$	16,426		59.2	%	$	54,704		60.8	%	$	47,762		59.6	%

Reconciliation of Long Lived Assets from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
Long lived assets:
United States	$	6,213	$	6,222
International		3,557		2,410
Total long lived assets	$	9,770	$	8,632

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Note 13 - Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

13. Purchase of Interests in Subsidiaries

The following contains descriptions of the Company's additional purchase of interest in its China operating subsidiary during the nine month period ended September 30, 2014.  

China

In July 2014, the Company, through its subsidiary in Hong Kong, SPAR China Ltd., entered into an agreement to purchase certain business assets of the following three companies in China: Shanghai Unilink Marketing Execution and Design Co. Ltd, Shanghai Gold Park Investment Management Co. Ltd, and Beijing Merchandising Sales and Marketing Co. Ltd (collectively Unilink). As consideration for the purchase, Unilink will receive cash and 20% ownership in SPAR Shanghai. At closing, SPAR will have 51%, Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting Co. Ltd will have 29% and Unilink will have 20% of the SPAR Shanghai ownership interests. The Company began consolidating operations beginning August 1, 2014.

Of the total purchase price of $1.46 million, the Company’s investment in Unilink represented 51% or $749,660, of which, $374,830 was paid in cash and the remaining $374,830 was recorded as a contingent liability to be paid based on Unilink’s future earnings as fully described below. Our Local Investor in Shanghai invested the remaining 49% or a total of $720,262.  

The Company has agreed to pay an additional $187,415 each year, over the next two years or a total of $374,830, provided the Unilink business can contribute at least $475,000 in operating earnings over the same two year period.  The Company is confident that the Unilink business will meet or exceed this minimum operating earnings target and therefore has recorded the additional future payment of $374,830 as a contingent liability at September 30, 2014. The Company has completed its preliminary valuation of the fair value and recorded the following intangible assets at September 30, 2014:

Customer list $ 1,469,922

The customer list is being amortized over ten years.

The following table includes the amount of Unilink’s revenue and earnings included in the Company's consolidated income statement for the nine month period ended September 30, 2014 and a pro forma calculation of the amounts that would have been included in the Company's consolidated statement of income for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 had the Unilink acquisition date been January 1, 2014 and 2013, instead of August 1, 2014 (in thousands):

	Revenue		Net Income
Actual Unilink from August 1 to September 30, 2014	$	1,614	$	43
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from July 1 to September 30, 2014	$	31,847	$	405
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from July 1 to September 30, 2013	$	30,086	$	454
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from January 1 to September 30, 2014	$	95,549	$	798
Consolidated supplemental pro forma from January 1 to September 30, 2013	$	86,084	$	620

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Note 9 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]

9.         Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a comprehensive new standard which amends revenue recognition principles and provides a single set of criteria for revenue recognition among all industries.  The new standard provides a five step framework whereby revenue is recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The standard also requires enhanced disclosure pertaining to revenue recognition in both the interim and annual periods.  The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and allows for adoption using a full retrospective method, or a modified retrospective method.  The Company is currently assessing the method of adoption and the expected impact the new standard has on our financial position and results of operations.

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Note 7 - Preferred Stock

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Preferred Stock [Text Block]

7.      Preferred Stock

SGRP's certificate of incorporation authorizes it to issue 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share (the "SGRP Preferred Stock"), which may have such preferences and priorities over the SGRP Common Stock and other rights, powers and privileges as the Company's Board of Directors may establish in its discretion from time to time. The Company has created and authorized the issuance of a maximum of 3,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to SGRP's Certificate of Designation of Series "A" Preferred Stock (the "SGRP Series A Preferred Stock"), which have dividend and liquidation preferences, have a cumulative dividend of 10% per year, are redeemable at the Company's option and are convertible at the holder's option (and without further consideration) on a one-to-one basis into SGRP Common Stock. The Company issued 554,402 of SGRP shares to affiliated retirement plans which were all converted into common shares in 2011 (including dividends earned thereon), leaving 2,445,598 shares of remaining authorized preferred stock. At September 30, 2014, no shares of SGRP Series A Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding.

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Note 8 - Stock Based Compensation and Other Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

8.      Stock-Based Compensation and Other Plans

SGRP has granted restricted stock and stock option awards to its eligible directors, officers and employees and certain employees of its affiliates respecting shares of Common Stock issued by SGRP ("SGRP Shares") pursuant to SGRP's 2008 Stock Compensation Plan (as amended, the "2008 Plan"), which was approved by SGRP's stockholders in May of 2008 and 2009. The 2008 Plan provides for the granting of restricted SGRP shares, stock options to purchase SGRP shares (either incentive or nonqualified), and restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other awards based on SGRP shares ("Awards") to SGRP Directors and the Company's specified executives, employees and consultants (which are employees of certain of its affiliates), although to date SGRP has not issued any permissible form of Award other than stock option and restricted share awards. As of September 30, 2014, approximately 1.3 million SGRP shares were available for Award grants under the amended 2008 Plan.

The Company recognized approximately $399,000 and $366,000 in stock-based compensation expense relating to stock option Awards during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The recognized tax benefit on stock based compensation expense related to stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $151,000 and $139,000, respectively. As of September 30, 2014, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $1.1 million.

On March 13, 2014, a restricted stock Award for 4,000 SGRP shares was issued to an employee, on May 15, 2014, 16,000 shares of restricted stock were issued to the Directors of the Company and on August 7, 2014, 83,400 shares of restricted stock were issued to select employees in lieu of stock options pursuant to the 2008 Plan. The estimated stock compensation expense for those Awards is $155,988, which will be recognized ratably over the four year vesting period. In February 2014, the remaining outstanding restricted stock Awards of Mr. Gary R. Raymond, former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, fully vested on his retirement at an expense to the Company of $127,594. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized approximately $135,000 and $139,000, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock. The recognized tax benefit on stock based compensation expense related to restricted stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $51,300 and $15,500, respectively. As of September 30, 2014, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock Awards was $149,000.

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Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

10.      Commitments and Contingencies

  Legal Matters

The Company is a party to or paying for various legal actions and administrative proceedings arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of Company's management, disposition of these other matters are not anticipated to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its estimated or desired assets, business, capital, cash flow, credit, expenses, financial condition, income, liabilities, liquidity, locations, marketing, operations, prospects, sales, strategies, taxation or other achievement, result or condition.

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Note 6 - Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended												0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 SBS [Member] Domestic Merchandising Specialists Field Force [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 SBS [Member] Domestic Merchandising Specialists Field Force [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 SBS [Member] Domestic Field Management [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 SBS [Member] Domestic Field Management [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 SBS [Member] Domestic Merchandising Specialist Field and Field Management [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 SBS [Member] Domestic Merchandising Specialist Field and Field Management [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 SBS [Member] Plus 4% Compensation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 SBS [Member] Plus 4% Compensation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 SBS [Member] Administrative Services [Member] Without Charge [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 SBS [Member] Administrative Services [Member] Without Charge [Member]	Oct. 20, 2014 SBS [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Accepted Offer Letter [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 NRS [Member] Plus 2% Compensation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 NRS [Member] Plus 2% Compensation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 NMS [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 NMS [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Affinity [Member] Maximum [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Spar Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. [Member] Gross Sales Price [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Spar Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. [Member] Cash Paid At Closing [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Spar Business Ideas Provider S.R.L. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 NMS [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 NMA [Member]
Note 6 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Percent of Service Provided by Related Party			80.00%	77.00%	93.00%	97.00%										9.00%	8.00%
Cost of Services (in Dollars)							$ 20,000,000	$ 18,000,000
Related Party Transaction, Rate									4.00%				2.00%	2.00%							6.00%
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction (in Dollars)									770,000	693,000	502,000	455,000		38,000	30,000				348,465	187,767
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent																		1.00%				51.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners																							49.00%
Increase Decrease In Cost of Revenue (in Dollars)	$ 594,000	$ 550,000

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Note 4 - Credit Facilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2014		Interest Rate1		December 31, 2013		Interest Rate2
Credit Facilities Loan Balance:
United States	$	4,054		2.8%	$	3,615		2.8%
Australia		503		7.1%		696		7.0%
	$	4,557			$	4,311
Other Debt Facility:
Japan Term Loan	$	89		0.1%	$	113		0.1%

Credit and Debt Facilities Unused Availability [Table Text Block]

	September 30 2014		December 31, 2013
Unused Availability:
United States	$	3,446	$	2,885
Australia		544		368
	$	3,990	$	3,253

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Note 2 - Business and Organization (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Number of Countries in which Entity Operates	9
Number of Reportable Segments	2

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Note 11 - Segment Information (Details) - Assets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 38,155	$ 34,278	[1]
UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	17,186	17,651
International [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 20,969	$ 16,627

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands	Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 207	$ (356)	$ 15,339	$ (1,031)	$ 1,654	$ 2,743	$ 18,556	[1]
Balance (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2013	20,681	182
Share-based compensation			534				534
Exercise of stock options			53				53
Change in non-controlling interest related to business acquisition						720	720
Other changes to non-controlling interest						(2)	(2)
Purchase of treasury shares		(169)					(169)
Purchase of treasury shares (in Shares)		114
Re-issued treasury shares		337	(337)
Re-issued treasury shares (in Shares)		(172)
Other comprehensive loss				(378)			(378)
Net income					590	565	1,155
Balance at Sep. 30, 2014	$ 207	$ (188)	$ 15,589	$ (1,409)	$ 2,244	$ 4,026	$ 20,469
Balance (in Shares) at Sep. 30, 2014	20,681	124

[1] The Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, is excerpted from the consolidated audited financial statements as of that date but does not include certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

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Note 4 - Credit Facilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

4.     Credit Facilities

Sterling Credit Facility:

SGRP and certain of its US and Canadian subsidiaries, namely SPAR Marketing Force, Inc., SPAR National Assembly Services, Inc., SPAR Group International, Inc., SPAR Trademarks, Inc., SPAR Acquisition, Inc., SPAR Canada, Inc., SPAR Canada Company ("SCC"), and SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") (together with SGRP, SCC and SWI, each a "Borrower"), are parties to a Revolving Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 6, 2010, as amended in June 2011, July 2012, January 2013, July 2013, October 2013 and June 2014 (as amended, the "Sterling Loan Agreement"), with Sterling National Bank (the "Lender"), and their Secured Revolving Loan Note in the amended maximum principal amounts of $7.5 million (see below) to Sterling National Bank (as amended by all loan amendments, the "Sterling Note"), to document and govern their credit facility with the Lender (including such agreement and note, the "Sterling Credit Facility"). The Sterling Credit Facility currently is scheduled to expire and the Borrowers’ loans thereunder will become due on July 6, 2016 (with no early termination fee).

The Sterling Loan Agreement currently requires the Borrowers to pay interest on the loans thereunder equal to the Agent's floating Prime Rate (as defined in such agreement) minus one half of one percent (1/2%) per annum, and a fee on the maximum unused line thereunder equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum.

Revolving Loans of up to $7.5 million are available to the Borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility based upon the borrowing base formula defined in the Sterling Loan Agreement (principally 85% of "eligible" US and Canadian accounts receivable less certain reserves). The Sterling Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers (other than SGRP's non-Canadian foreign subsidiaries, certain designated domestic subsidiaries, and their respective equity and assets).

The Sterling Loan Agreement contains certain financial and other restrictive covenants and also limits certain expenditures by the Borrowers, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures and other investments. At September 30, 2014, the Company was in compliance with such covenants.

The amendment to the Sterling Loan Agreement dated as of July 1, 2013, among other things, extended the scheduled term of the Sterling Credit Facility to July 6, 2016 (with no early termination fee), and eliminated the requirement for a "closed lockbox" so that collections no longer automatically pay down the loans under the Sterling Loan Agreement. As of January 1, 2014, the lockbox account at Sterling National Bank was closed and as of that date, all remittances from customers are going directly into the Company's main bank account. Therefore, the Sterling Credit Facility is now classified as long term debt.

As a result of the October 30, 2013, Amendment to the Sterling Loan Agreement, the Company's Canadian subsidiaries, SCC and SWI, were added as Borrowers, their receivables are now included in the Company's borrowing base and pledged to Sterling, and advances are available to those Canadian borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. SCC has retired its existing credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada and replaced it by becoming a borrower under the Sterling Credit Facility.

On June 19, 2014, the Sterling Loan Agreement was further amended to increase the maximum principal amount of the Secured Revolving Loan Note to $7.5 million (effective as of July 1, 2014), to substitute a new $7.5 million note from the Borrowers for the old notes, and to remove SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") as a borrower, as this entity was merged into SCC as of January 1, 2014.

International Credit Facilities: 

SPARFACTS Australia Pty. Ltd., has a secured line of credit facility with Oxford Funding Pty Ltd. for $1.2 million (Australian) or approximately $1.0 million (based upon the exchange rate at September 30, 2014). The facility provides for borrowing based upon a formula, as defined in the agreement (principally 80% of eligible accounts receivable less certain deductions). The agreement technically expired on October 31, 2012, but is being extended from month to month at the Company's request. SPARFACTS is in the process of renegotiating new financing.

On March 7, 2011, the Japanese subsidiary, SPAR FM Japan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, secured a term loan with Mizuho Bank in the amount of approximately $182,000. The loan is payable in monthly installments of $2,200 at an interest rate of 0.1% per annum with a maturity date of February 28, 2018. The outstanding balance at September 30, 2014, was approximately $89,000 (based upon the exchange rate at September 30, 2014).

Summary of Company Credit and Other Debt Facilities (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		Interest Rate1		December 31, 2013		Interest Rate2
Credit Facilities Loan Balance:
United States	$	4,054		2.8%	$	3,615		2.8%
Australia		503		7.1%		696		7.0%
	$	4,557			$	4,311
Other Debt Facility:
Japan Term Loan	$	89		0.1%	$	113		0.1%

	September 30 2014		December 31, 2013
Unused Availability:
United States	$	3,446	$	2,885
Australia		544		368
	$	3,990	$	3,253

(1)      Based on interest rate at September 30, 2014

(2)      Based on interest rate at December 31, 2013

Management believes that based upon the continuation of the Company's existing credit facilities, projected results of operations, vendor payment requirements and other financing available to the Company (including amounts due to affiliates), sources of cash availability should be manageable and sufficient to support ongoing operations over the next year. However, delays in collection of receivables due from any of the Company's major clients, or a significant reduction in business from such clients could have a material adverse effect on the Company's cash resources and its ongoing ability to fund operations.

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Note 3 - Earnings Per Share (Details) - Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Numerator:
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc. (in Dollars)	$ 383	$ 331	$ 590	$ 244
Denominator:
Shares used in basic net income per share calculation	20,584	20,503	20,585	20,483
Effect of diluted securities:
Stock options	941	1,278	1,102	1,225
Shares used in diluted net income per share calculations	21,525	21,781	21,687	21,708
Basic net income per common share: (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.03	$ 0.01
Diluted net income per common share: (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.03	$ 0.01

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Note 8 - Stock Based Compensation and Other Plans (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member] Employee [Member] The 2008 Plan [Member]	Mar. 13, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member] Employee [Member] The 2008 Plan [Member]	May 15, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member] Directors [Member] The 2008 Plan [Member]	Mar. 13, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member] The 2008 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Restricted Stock [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Former CEO and President [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 The 2008 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 The 2008 Plan [Member]
Note 8 - Stock Based Compensation and Other Plans (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant (in Shares)								1,300,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense					$ 135,000	$ 139,000	$ 127,594	$ 399,000	$ 366,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Tax Benefit from Compensation Expense					51,300	15,500		151,000	139,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized					149,000			1,100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period (in Shares)	83,400	4,000	16,000
Estimated Stock Compensation Expense				$ 155,988
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period				4 years

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Note 3 - Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Numerator:
Net income attributable to SPAR Group, Inc.	$	383	$	331	$	590	$	244
Denominator:
Shares used in basic net income per share calculation		20,584		20,503		20,585		20,483
Effect of diluted securities:
Stock options		941		1,278		1,102		1,225
Shares used in diluted net income per share calculations		21,525		21,781		21,687		21,708
Basic net income per common share:	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.03	$	0.01
Diluted net income per common share:	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.03	$	0.01